Pak Battles India's 'Hydro Terror' at Arbitration Court
- On June 27, 2025, a tribunal based in The Hague unanimously determined that India does not have the authority to unilaterally suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.
- India placed the treaty in abeyance in April following an attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, claiming it awaits Pakistan's renunciation of cross-border terrorism.
- Pakistan alleges India manipulates water flows through the Kishenganga and Ratle projects, presenting river flow and sediment data indicating treaty violations masked under the 'abeyance' policy.
- The Court affirmed its competence over the dispute and declared "India's unilateral actions could not undermine" the arbitration process, while India rejected the ruling as illegal and void.
- Pakistan welcomes the ruling as a vindication of the treaty's validity and urges renewed diplomatic dialogue with India including on the treaty's application and broader issues.
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Pak battles India's 'hydro terror' at arbitration court
Pakistan has formally submitted detailed concerns to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), accusing India of weaponising Western Rivers' watersa serious breach of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Islamabad says. According to the 32nd Supplemental Award on the competence of the Court of Arbitration, which is currently examining Pakistan's complaint under the IWT, Islamabad has highlighted alarming shifts in Indian policy since April 23, 2…
Restore Indus treaty: Pakistan urges India, cites Court of Arbitration 'ruling'
India has never recognised the proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration after Pakistan raised objections to certain design elements of the two projects under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty.
Pakistan calls on India to fulfil water treaty obligations after PCA ruling
General view of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project in Nosari, in Kashmir’s Neelum Valley. —AFP/FileISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged India to fully reinstate the implementation of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, and fulfill its obligations...
Pakistan asks India to resume functioning of IWT after Hague court’s supplemental award
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday welcomed the decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague to issue a “supplemental award” in the Indus Waters case, urging India to resume the functioning of the Treaty, which it has held in abeyance since May. According to the PCA’s rules, a supplemental award is an additional ruling issued by a court or tribunal after its initial decision, usually to address a specific issue tha…
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