Calling it unilateral and a violation of the terms of the pact, they sent an official letter to New Delhi
Pakistan urged India to reconsider its decision to hold back the Indus Waters Treaty. Calling it unilateral and a violation of the terms of the pact, they sent an official letter to New Delhi.
It is not known whether the letter which Pakistan sent was before or after Operation Sindoor, which was on May 7.
This was some time after India’s Cabinet Committee on Security decided to take a number of measures against Pakistan after the attack on Pahalgam on April 22.
In an official letter, Jal Shakti ministry secretary, Debashree Mukherjee had told Pakistan about these measures which India implemented. The Minister for water resources in Pakistan, Syed Ali Murtaza received the letter on April 24.
Murtaza sent an official response about Pakistan’s position, the people cited said was on condition of anonymity.
Murtaza stated that Pakistan considers India’s decision to suspend the treaty is unilateral. Pakistan’s response stated that the suspension of the pact violates the given terms. It also stated that the terms do not allow exit of any of the parties from the agreement.
Pakistan also urged India to reconsider what impact this suspension of the treaty would be on them. The response also stated that the withdrawal of the pact would cause repercussions for Pakistan’s economy. This is so as the nation is heavily dependent on agriculture.
India has not replied to any of these responses from Pakistan on the suspension of the treaty. It has just stayed with its stand to keep these measures in place, despite the ceasefire, on May 10.
Officials from India have said that they are not going to reconsider on the decisions they took due to the backing of cross-border terrorism by Pakistan. Since the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty, over three wars and over six decades have passed
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