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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 18:15 IST
Feeling the heat from India's military pressure, Pakistan has urged India to reconsider its decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty and said it was ready to discuss the issue.
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack. (PTI)
After feeling the heat from India’s military, the Pakistani government has now urged India to reconsider its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, which was done following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
Syed Ali Murtaza, Secretary of Pakistan’s Ministry of Water Resources, wrote a letter to the Secretary of India’s Ministry of Jal Shakti, appealing India to reconsider its decision while asserting that Pakistan was ready to discuss the issue, top sources told CNN-News18.
New Delhi made the decisive move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty during a Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on April 23, just one day after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
As per the 1960 Treaty, India got about 30% of the total water carried by the Indus River System located in India, while Pakistan got the remaining 70%. After the Pahalgam attack, India has also announced that it will stop sharing flood warnings with Pakistan.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in airstrikes in response to the Pahalgam attack. The two sides exchange military and drone strikes for four days before the ceasefire, but the Indian government maintained that the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance.
“Now, as per the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) decision of 23 April, India will keep the Treaty in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism. Please also note that climate change, demographic shifts and technological changes have created new realities on the ground," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Tuesday.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on Monday, said that “water and blood can’t flow together". This is being seen as one of the strongest levers exercised by India in recent years against cross-border terrorism enabled by Pakistan.
News world Pakistan Feels The Heat, Urges India To Resume Indus Waters Treaty Amid Mounting Pressure: Sources
