{"id":19397,"date":"2026-09-02T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=19397"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:54:53","slug":"pak-pleads-for-dialogue-after-india-stands-firm-on-suspending-indus-water-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=19397","title":{"rendered":"Pak pleads for dialogue after India stands firm on suspending Indus Water Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133712390,imgsize-141800,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg\" alt=\"Pak pleads for dialogue after India stands firm on suspending Indus Water Treaty\" title=\"Indus Waters treaty representational image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Indus Waters treaty representational image\">Indus Waters treaty representational image<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Just days after India rejected an international tribunal&#8217;s ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and dismissed its jurisdiction, Pakistan on Wednesday urged New Delhi to engage &#8220;constructively&#8221; within the framework of the 1960 water-sharing agreement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>According to news agency PTI, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the Permanent Court of Arbitration had reaffirmed that the treaty remained fully enforced and binding. Pakistan, he said, would take \u201call possible measures\u201d to ensure the decision was implemented.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Andrabi said Pakistan remained committed to implementing the treaty in letter and spirit in accordance with its language and provisions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Pakistan will continue to urge India to reciprocate with the same approach whereby the treaty is upheld in letter and spirit and in its full legal documented provisions, he said, according to PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Pakistan had approached the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in March 2026, seeking a determination on the status of the treaty after India placed it in abeyance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>India rejects tribunal ruling<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>India, however, has consistently rejected the jurisdiction of the arbitration process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>On Monday, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said, \u201cIndia categorically rejects its so-called award, just as it has firmly rejected all prior pronouncements by this illegally constituted body.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cIndia&#8217;s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance remains in force,\u201d the ministry said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>MEA said the Court of Arbitration had issued what it termed an award on May 15, 2026, concerning maximum pondage supplemental to an earlier award on issues of general interpretation of the IWT.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>&#8220;This so-called Court was constituted by the World Bank in patent breach of the terms of the Treaty and India categorically rejects its so-called award, just as it has firmly rejected all prior pronouncements by this illegally constituted body&#8221;, the ministry stated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>India has maintained that the establishment of the arbitral body itself violates the IWT and that it has no jurisdiction over India\u2019s sovereign decision to place the treaty in abeyance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Water, terrorism and the SCO<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The dispute also featured indirectly at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, in Bishkek, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for action against countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>\u201cWe cannot remain confined to an action-reaction approach,\u201d Modi said, calling for the dismantling of terrorist ecosystems, including funding networks, recruitment pipelines and territorial sanctuaries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking at the summit, described water as the region\u2019s \u201clifeblood\u201d and said it \u201cmust never be weaponised\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>\u201cThe treaties governing our shared waters are solemn, binding international commitments. They are not matters of political convenience to be cast aside at your will. They must be honoured unconditionally, in both letter and spirit,\u201d Sharif said, according to Dawn.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>India placed the IWT in abeyance following the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed. The Cabinet Committee on Security took the decision on April 23, 2025, with New Delhi saying the conditions underlying the treaty had fundamentally changed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>India has said the treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan \u201ccredibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism\u201d.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/pakistan\/pak-pleads-for-dialogue-after-india-stands-firm-on-suspending-indus-water-treaty\/articleshow\/133711778.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indus Waters treaty representational image NEW DELHI: Just days after India rejected an international tribunal&#8217;s ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and dismissed its jurisdiction, Pakistan on Wednesday urged New Delhi to engage &#8220;constructively&#8221; within the framework of the 1960 water-sharing agreement.According to news agency PTI, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pakistan-urges-india-to-engage-on-indus-waters-treaty-photo-credit-ani.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Indus Waters treaty representational image NEW DELHI: Just days after India rejected an international tribunal&#8217;s ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and dismissed its jurisdiction, Pakistan on Wednesday urged New Delhi to engage &#8220;constructively&#8221; 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