The Indus Waters Treaty, once celebrated as a landmark achievement in transboundary water cooperation, is facing increasing strain in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack that killed 25 ...

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has stated that the Indus Waters Treaty cannot be unilaterally terminated under any circumstances. “The World Bank stands as a guarantor of ...

India has invoked Article XII of the IWT. At the outset, it needs to be clarified that any modification or termination of the IWT, is contingent upon a "by a duly ratified treaty". In the absence ...

The meeting was held on the IWT in the light of India’s move to hold the treaty in abeyance. The meeting was attended by the ministers for Law and Justice and Water Resources, Attorney General ...

Pakistan is preparing to take legal action against India at the international level over its suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), as tensions intensify between the two neighbours following ...

This silence matters. In treaty law, what’s not said is often as important as what is. Without a clause permitting suspension, unilateral action becomes legally dubious at best, and a breach at ...

The government on Thursday announced that it was halting the contentious canals project until a consensus on the issue could be reached in the Council of Common Interests (CCI) amid opposition ...

Pakistan has pledged to protect its water share under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following India’s suspension of the 1960 agreement. The Indian move came after a deadly attack on tourists in ...

Obviously, India is acting with mala fide intent. Holding the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance on the basis of its allegations is in stark violation of Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on ...

India has suspended its obligations under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a longstanding agreement that governs the use of water from six rivers in the Indus basin shared with Pakistan. The move ...

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has termed India’s statement regarding the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as childish, stupid and illegal. He ...

The term abeyance is not commonly used in international law; essentially, India has suspended IWT until Pakistan ceases its support for terrorism in India. Since IWT does not allow for unilateral ...