{"id":30846,"date":"2026-03-23T07:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30846"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:25:56","slug":"pakistan-lashes-out-at-india-for-weaponisation-of-water-over-baseless-allegations-at-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30846","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan lashes out at India for \u2018weaponisation of water\u2019 over baseless allegations at UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pakistan has lashed out at India at the UN for weaponising water by unilaterally\u00a0suspending<\/a>\u00a0the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) over \u201cbaseless\u201d terrorism allegations, calling New Delhi\u2019s actions a direct\u00a0threat<\/a>\u00a0to its agriculture, livelihoods and regional stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exchange between the two neighbours took place at a high-level UN event held ahead of World Water Day<\/a> on March 22, according to a statement<\/a> issued by Pakistan\u2019s UN mission on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spat followed a video message by Minister of Climate Change Dr Musadik Malik, who said India\u2019s decision to place the treaty \u201cin abeyance\u201d undermined decades of cooperation and violates international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, told the world body that New Delhi would continue to hold the treaty \u201cin abeyance<\/a> until Pakistan \u2026 credibly and irrevocably ends its support for all forms of terrorism\u201d \u2014 an allegation that Islamabad has already repeatedly rejected<\/a> as baseless<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian envoy also claimed that there have been fundamental changes over the last 65 years, adding that \u201ctechnology for dam infrastructure, growing need for clean energy, climate and demographic changes warrant amendments to the treaty\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He insisted that India had made several efforts to engage Pakistan to discuss these changes but \u201call our efforts to discuss modifications to the treaty with Pakistan were rebuffed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan has multiple<\/a> times offered<\/a> India to hold a dialogue<\/a> to settle their disputes, including the water issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Right of Reply, Pakistan\u2019s Second Secretary Aleena Majeed dismissed India\u2019s claims and reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s legal position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She rejected India\u2019s attempt to link the water dispute to terrorism, calling such accusations \u201centirely baseless\u201d and aimed at deflecting attention from India\u2019s own record of state-sponsored violence and cross-border aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndia\u2019s attempts to deflect attention through unfounded allegations of terrorism cannot conceal its record of sponsorship of terrorism across its borders, perpetration of state terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, global state-backed assassination campaign, including in North America, and state patronage of violence against its minorities,\u201d Majeed said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also assailed India\u2019s \u201csponsorship of terrorist groups\u201d that have carried out attacks in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe unilateral holding in abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty by India represents a grave departure from this legal and historical legacy,\u201d she said, adding that a 2025 Court of Arbitration award<\/a> confirmed the treaty remains fully in force and binding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe reiterate our firm and unequivocal rejection of all attempts to weaponise water and to use it for political gains. Pakistan remains firmly committed to international law and to the faithful performance of treaty obligations,\u201d Majeed said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>\u2018Fight for water rights is fight for women\u2019s rights\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In his statement made before the envoy\u2019s exchange, Malik highlighted: \u201cFor us, water is nature. Water is humanity. Water is our civilisation. For us, water is agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He emphasised that 25\u201330 per cent of Pakistan\u2019s GDP and nearly half of its workforce depended on agriculture, which is entirely linked to water availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The climate minister warned that the unilateral politicisation of water is not just a legal issue but a humanitarian one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlighting recent climate disasters, he said floods<\/a> in Pakistan have killed nearly 6,000 people, displaced 40 million and disrupted education for millions of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we fight for water rights, we are also fighting for women\u2019s rights,\u201d Malik told the event, which had the theme of Water and Gender Equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that over 61 per cent of women\u2019s employment is tied to agriculture, underlining the link between water access, gender empowerment, and national prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malik also highlighted Pakistan\u2019s climate and water management policies, including integration of gender inclusion, community participation, and youth engagement in sustainable development strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He announced the launch of a Green Virtual University, a platform for research and innovation on agriculture, water, and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister said that World Water Day is not just a celebration of water but also a reaffirmation of water rights, women\u2019s rights, and the rights of vulnerable communities, stressing that Pakistan will continue to defend these rights at every international forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IWT, brokered by the World Bank in 1960, allocates the three western rivers \u2014 Indus, Jhelum and Chenab \u2014 largely to Pakistan, and the three eastern rivers \u2014 Ravi, Beas and Sutlej \u2014 to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The treaty has survived wars, crises, and political tensions for more than six decades and is considered a rare example of durable water-sharing cooperation between the two neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2025, India announced a unilateral suspension<\/a> of its obligations under the IWT \u2014 linking the move to the Pahalgam attack<\/a> \u2014 which has now brought the decades-old water accord into the centre of broader geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1984004<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan has lashed out at India at the UN for weaponising water by unilaterally\u00a0suspending\u00a0the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) over \u201cbaseless\u201d terrorism allegations, calling New Delhi\u2019s actions a direct\u00a0threat\u00a0to its agriculture, livelihoods and regional stability. The exchange between the two neighbours took place at a high-level UN event held ahead of World Water Day on March 22, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1125,28265,24990,483,28266,24993,24992],"class_list":["post-30846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-india-2","tag-india-weaponizing-water","tag-indus-water-treaty-3","tag-pakistan-2","tag-pakistan-warn-india","tag-water-disputes","tag-water-sharing-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30846","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=30846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30848,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30846\/revisions\/30848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}