{"id":19544,"date":"2025-05-22T03:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19544"},"modified":"2025-05-22T03:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:01:05","slug":"pakistan-na-panel-warns-india-against-violations-of-indus-waters-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19544","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: NA panel warns India against violations of Indus Waters Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIndia has not only tried to harm Pakistan\u2019s water resources, but its agricultural base and survival,\u201d says Wattoo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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General view of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project in Nosari, in Kashmir\u2019s Neelum Valley. \u2014AFP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on Water Resources on Wednesday warned that any water aggression by India under the pretext of suspending the Indus Waters Treaty would be deemed an act of war, vowing that Pakistan would use all means at its disposal to prevent treaty violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee expressed its firm resolve to defend Pakistan\u2019s water rights and said that unilateral actions by New Delhi concerning the treaty would be unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal Water Resources Minister Moeen Wattoo called the move a direct assault on Pakistan\u2019s agriculture and national security, as officials revealed India has refused to engage under the treaty\u2019s dispute resolution mechanism for over two years. \u201cIndia has not only tried to harm Pakistan\u2019s water resources, but its agricultural base and survival,\u201d Wattoo said. \u201cThis is nothing short of water aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Assembly\u2019s Water Resources Committee that met here with MNA Ahmad Atteeq Anwer in the chair, alarmed by abrupt fluctuations in Chenab\u2019s flow attributed to India\u2019s Baglihar Dam, discussed invoking international arbitration, raising the issue at global diplomatic forums, and even contemplating force as a last resort. \u201cThis treaty is tied to Pakistan\u2019s survival,\u201d officials said, reaffirming that the 1960 agreement \u2014 ensuring Pakistan\u2019s rights over the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers \u2014 cannot be suspended or altered unilaterally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water Resources Secretary Syed Ali Murtaza told the panel that India has refused to hold a meeting of Indus Water Commissioners for over two years, violating the treaty\u2019s dispute resolution clause. He said India\u2019s recent claim that the treaty is \u201cheld in abeyance\u201d is baseless and legally void. Murtaza reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to the Indus Waters Treaty, saying it remains intact and cannot be unilaterally suspended or breached. He added that Pakistan\u2019s Indus Water Commissioner has already raised concerns over India\u2019s manipulation of river flows through the Baglihar Dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indus Water Commissioner Mehar Ali Shah said sudden, unexplained surges in Chenab River flows in early May point to deliberate tampering by India, warning such actions could be seen as a declaration of war. He said Pakistan is gathering technical evidence to present at international forums. Shah reaffirmed that Pakistan\u2019s rights over the western rivers \u2014 Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab \u2014 are non-negotiable and India cannot exceed the 3.6 million acre-feet storage limit set for power generation under the treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/1314047-na-panel-warns-india-against-violations-of-indus-waters-treaty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIndia has not only tried to harm Pakistan\u2019s water resources, but its agricultural base and survival,\u201d says Wattoo The National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on Water Resources on Wednesday warned that any water aggression by India under the pretext of suspending the Indus Waters Treaty would be deemed an act of war, vowing that Pakistan would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,132,105,39,18869,18333,18870,18867,36,2310,17259,18868],"class_list":["post-19544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-china","tag-economy","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-india","tag-international-agreement","tag-iwt","tag-na-panel-warns-india-against-violations-of-indus-waters-treaty","tag-national-assembly-of-pakistan","tag-pakistan","tag-warns","tag-water-sharing","tag-water-treaty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19546,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544\/revisions\/19546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}