The Indus Waters Treaty, a World Bank-brokered water sharing agreement between India and Pakistan, was put in abeyance as part of an immediate diplomatic response to the Pahalgam attack.
Official sources said no Court of Arbitration, much less this illegally constituted arbitral body, which has no existence in the eye of the law, has the jurisdiction to examine the legality of India's actions in exercise of its rights as a sovereign nation.
Responding to a question on the IWT while addressing his weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "The Indus Water Treaty remains in abeyance."
Amid strained ties, India informed Pakistan about floods in the Tawi River through its High Commission, bypassing the Indus Waters Treaty channel.
On India’s 79th Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort, highlighting the theme of ‘Naya Bharat’ (New India).
The border area of Akhnoor in the Jammu district is the last checkpoint before the river enters Pakistan.
After India shut the gates of Salal Dam, BJP leader Amit Malviya lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for showing strong political will to make tough decisions in the national interest.
Angered over the suspension of the 1960 Indus waters Treaty by India following the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has threatened India, stating that "either our water or their blood will flow through it".
A high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday resolved to cut off Indus water supply to Pakistan while putting the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan on hold, a source said.
The treaty survived two wars -- the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars -- and several military standoffs between the two neighbours, including the 1999 Kargil war, but has now been indefinitely suspended.
