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India.com
2 hours ago
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India's punishment to Pakistan works, Modi govt brings Islamabad on its knees, Shehbaz begs India to...
India's punishment to Pakistan works, Modi govt brings Islamabad on its knees, Shehbaz begs India to... Pakistan has once again urged India to restore the Indus Water Treaty, which New Delhi announced it was suspending a day after the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistan said the recent verdict of the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration shows that the agreement is still 'valid and functional'. The proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration were initiated after Pakistan raised objections to certain aspects of the design of two hydropower projects under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty, which India has never ratified. India on Friday strongly rejected the decision, saying it has never recognised the so-called framework for dispute resolution with Pakistan. Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement issued on Monday that the supplementary award delivered by the arbitration court on June 27 'reaffirms Pakistan's position that the Indus Water Treaty is valid and operational, and India has no right to take unilateral action in respect of it.' What Pakistan said? The statement said, 'We urge India to immediately restore the normal functioning of the Indus Water Treaty and fully and honestly fulfill its obligations under the treaty.' Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in a separate statement that the decision of the arbitration court has confirmed that the Indus Water Treaty is fully valid. In a post on social media platform 'X' on Monday, he said, 'Pakistan welcomes the supplementary award of the Court of Arbitration confirming its jurisdiction in the Kishanganga-Ratle case. This award confirms that the Indus Water Treaty is fully valid. India cannot suspend it unilaterally. Countries are measured by their compliance with international agreements. The Indus Water Treaty must be upheld both in letter and spirit.'
Business Recorder
8 hours ago
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- Business Recorder
Indus waters case: FO welcomes The Hague court decision
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday welcomed a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague to issue a supplemental award in the Indus Waters case. The ruling urges India to resume the operation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May. In April, India suspended the treaty following an attack in the Pahalgam area of Indian-occupied Kashmir, which killed 26 people. India blamed Pakistan for the attack, though Islamabad denied involvement. Pakistan condemned India's suspension of the treaty as an 'act of war,' highlighting that the IWT contains no provisions allowing unilateral suspension. Islamabad has also threatened legal action, citing violations of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The PCA's supplemental award, announced on 27 June 2025, reaffirmed the court's jurisdiction over the dispute involving Pakistan and India's hydroelectric projects at Kishenganga and Ratle. The court declared its ongoing responsibility to ensure a timely and fair resolution of the matter. The Foreign Office described the award as a vindication of Pakistan's position that the treaty remains valid and operational, and criticised India's unilateral decision to suspend it. A statement issued by the Government of Pakistan called on India to 'immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty and fulfil its treaty obligations.' It also welcomed the PCA's ruling on competence, which rejected India's suspension of the treaty, expressing optimism for the forthcoming award on the merits following hearings held in July 2024. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated Pakistan's readiness to engage in meaningful dialogue with India on outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir, water, trade, and terrorism. According to the PCA, the treaty does not allow either party to unilaterally suspend or hold it in abeyance. The court stated such actions would undermine the treaty's dispute resolution mechanisms. The court further noted that India's position was not justifiable under international law. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
10 hours ago
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- Express Tribune
Pak battles India's 'hydro terror' at arbitration court
Pakistan has formally submitted detailed concerns to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), accusing India of weaponising Western Rivers' watersa serious breach of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Islamabad says. According to the 32nd Supplemental Award on the competence of the Court of Arbitration, which is currently examining Pakistan's complaint under the IWT, Islamabad has highlighted alarming shifts in Indian policy since April 23, 2025. "Pakistan maintains that 'India's policy of "abeyance" since 23 April 2025, together with public rhetoric, has stoked the threats and perhaps the realisation of its new approach: to use dams to manipulate or deny downstream releases to Pakistan'," the award states. Explaining what it means by "weaponisation", Pakistan has outlined three primary ways in which India could exert control over the Western Rivers' flow, allegedly in violation of the treaty. "Pakistan recalls that 'weaponisation' in this context concerns three ways India can control waters of the Western Rivers: '(a) the interruption of water supply used for downstream irrigation through the filling of sizeable pondage pools and other reservoirs; (b) the opening of dam gates to release stored water in excessive volumes in a manner that causes flooding downstream; and (c) the rapid, mass release of sediment impacting rivers, land, infrastructure and people living downstream'," the award notes. On June 27, the international court made a key determination on its authority to hear Pakistan's case. The Court unanimously held: "India's position that it is holding the Treaty in 'abeyance', however that position may be characterised as a matter of international law, does not deprive the Court of Arbitration of competence." The ruling elaborates further, acknowledging Pakistan's view that India's "abeyance" stance is not merely rhetorical but actively undermining treaty obligations. "The international tribunal in its award has highlighted Pakistan's response on India's policy of holding the Treaty in 'abeyance'." Quoting directly from Pakistan's submission, the court notes: "The tribunal in its order states that according to Pakistan, the 'rhetoric of India's officials and stoked clamour of the Indian media in the period since 23 April now shows that weaponisation scenarios are far from hypothetical'." Monitoring data collected by Pakistani authorities also forms part of Islamabad's evidence to the court. "Moreover, based on its monitoring of the flow of the Western Rivers into Pakistan, Pakistan maintains that these 'data show prima facie that, since India's 23 April "abeyance" policy declaration, it has been acting in material disregard of the operational constraints in Paragraph 15 of Annexure D, causingwithout doubt intentionallysignificant variations in the downstream flow of water to Pakistan'." To support this assertion, Islamabad has provided river flow data showing anomalies after April. "In support of that contention, Pakistan provides stream flow data for the Chenab as it enters Pakistan, represented as hydrographs, which Pakistan says 'show two significant flow variation episodes, one at the start of May and the second at the end of the month and extending into June'." Further analysis of the data suggests intentional manipulation of water flow by India, Pakistan alleges. "According to Pakistan, the 'flow variations indicated in these hydrographs is almost certainly the result of the emptying and filling of the Baglihar HEP reservoir, involving both its 37.5Mm3 of allocated Pondage and, in all likelihood, a significant volume of dead storage as well', with spikes in sediment concentration indicating 'that both were likely drawdown flushing events'." Efforts to seek clarification from Indian counterparts, Pakistan says, went unanswered. "While Pakistan's Commissioner for Indus Waters wrote to India's Commissioner for Indus Waters on 27 May 2025 seeking an explanation for these spikes, Pakistan indicates that it received no response as of the filing of Pakistan's Submission," the award confirms. Pakistan's concluding assessment paints a grim picture of India's intentions under the guise of "abeyance." "Consequently, in Pakistan's view, 'it is plain that, whatever might have been the intention initially, India's policy of "abeyance" is now simply cover behind which India is acting in breach of its Treaty obligation.'" The Court of Arbitration is chaired by Professor Sean D. Murphy of the United States, and includes Professor Wouter Buytaert (Belgium), Professor Jeffrey P. Minear (United States), Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan), and Dr Donald Blackmore (Australia). According to legal observers, the final award on Pakistan's longstanding complaint about India's alleged treaty violations - particularly concerning design changes to the Kishenganga Hydro-Electric Plant (KHEP) and the Ratle Hydro-Electric Plant (RHEP) on the Western Rivers - is expected to be issued later this summer.
India Today
11 hours ago
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- India Today
Restore Indus treaty: Pakistan urges India, cites Court of Arbitration 'ruling'
Pakistan on Monday urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, saying the recent decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague showed that the agreement was still "valid and operational".India has never recognised the proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration after Pakistan raised objections to certain design elements of the two projects under the provisions of the Indus Waters on Friday strongly rejected the ruling, saying it has never recognised the so-called framework for dispute resolution with Pakistan. India rejects this so-called "supplemental award", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, referring to the ruling in the case related to Pakistan's objections to the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects.A day after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in "abeyance".In a statement, Pakistan's Foreign Office on Monday said the supplemental award announced by the Court of Arbitration on June 27 "vindicates Pakistan's position that the Indus Waters Treaty remains valid and operational, and that India has no right to take a unilateral action about it.''We urge India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, and fulfil its treaty obligations, wholly and faithfully,' it Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the court's ruling confirmed that the IWT remained fully valid."Pakistan welcomes the Court of Arbitration's Supplemental Award reaffirming its jurisdiction in the Kishenganga-Ratle case. The ruling confirms that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) remains fully valid. India cannot unilaterally hold it in 'abeyance'. States are measured by their adherence to international agreements. The IWT must be upheld in both letter & spirit," he said in a post on X on Monday. - EndsMust Watch
India.com
12 hours ago
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Pakistan urges India to resume normal functioning of Indus Waters Treaty
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, saying the recent decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague showed that the agreement was still 'valid and operational'. India has never recognised the proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration after Pakistan raised objections to certain design elements of the two projects under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty. India on Friday strongly rejected the ruling, saying it has never recognised the so-called framework for dispute resolution with Pakistan. India rejects this so-called 'supplemental award', the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, referring to the ruling in the case related to Pakistan's objections to the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects. A day after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in 'abeyance'. In a statement, Pakistan's Foreign Office on Monday said the supplemental award announced by the Court of Arbitration on June 27 'vindicates Pakistan's position that the Indus Waters Treaty remains valid and operational, and that India has no right to take a unilateral action about it.' 'We urge India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, and fulfil its treaty obligations, wholly and faithfully,' it added. Separately, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the court's ruling confirmed that the IWT remained fully valid. 'Pakistan welcomes the Court of Arbitration's Supplemental Award reaffirming its jurisdiction in the Kishenganga-Ratle case. The ruling confirms that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) remains fully valid. India cannot unilaterally hold it in 'abeyance'. States are measured by their adherence to international agreements. The IWT must be upheld in both letter & spirit,' he said in a post on X on Monday.
