Tarar warns India’s IWT actions set dangerous global precedent
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- Information Minister Atta Tarar warns India's IWT actions set a dangerous global precedent.
- India unilaterally held the treaty in abeyance in April 2025, reportedly followed by a brief military conflict.
- Pakistan maintains any attempt by India to unilaterally revoke the treaty would be considered an "act of war".
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The dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) escalated after India unilaterally decided to hold the accord in abeyance in April 2025, a move reportedly followed by a brief military conflict a month later. Pakistan has consistently maintained that the treaty cannot be unilaterally altered, with Information Minister Attaullah Tarar warning such a move would be an “act of war.” In August 2025, the Court of Arbitration upheld Pakistan's position on the matter. In the latest development, Tarar has warned that India's actions set a dangerous precedent for international water-sharing agreements globally.
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Information Minister Attaullah Tarar warned that India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance could have implications for global transboundary water governance, urging the international community to take note of the “wider precedent.”
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Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has warned that India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance could have implications for global transboundary water governance. Speaking at an event in Islamabad on Wednesday, he urged the international community to take note of the “wider precedent” being set.
The minister's comments follow India's unilateral decision to suspend the accord in April 2025, which was reportedly followed by a brief military conflict between the two nations in May 2025.
“We are a peaceful nation, but we cannot allow India to weaponise water because it is the basic right of the 240 million people of Pakistan,” Tarar stated. He argued that if a state can unilaterally sideline a binding international water treaty, it has implications for all countries sharing water under similar frameworks.
Tarar reiterated that the IWT is a legally binding instrument that cannot be unilaterally revoked, rescinded, or altered by either party.
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