At a recent United Nations meeting, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif brought up India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty. India quickly responded, saying Pakistan should stop blaming India because Pakistan’s own actions, especially cross-border terrorism, are causing problems in following the treaty.
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The Indus Waters Treaty, signed in 1960, is an agreement between India and Pakistan on how to share water from the Indus River. India suspended the treaty after terrorists based in Pakistan killed 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area in April.
At the UN meeting on glaciers held in Tajikistan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister called India’s suspension of the treaty unfair and said it was a “weaponisation of water.” He warned that millions of people’s lives should not be affected by political actions and said Pakistan will not let the situation get worse.
In response, India’s Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said Pakistan’s comments were inappropriate for that forum and that Pakistan is actually violating the treaty by supporting terrorism. He explained that many things have changed since the treaty was signed, like technology, population, climate, and the threat of terrorism, so the treaty needs to be looked at again.
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The minister stressed that Pakistan should stop blaming India and focus on stopping terrorism, which is affecting the treaty’s implementation. He also reminded that the treaty was made based on goodwill and friendship, and both countries should honor it sincerely.
