Indus Waters Formal accord violation would render 'profound consequences' for regional calm, FM Dar warns India
Deputy Premier and External affairs chief Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday cautioned India against any attempt to undermine the Indus Waters Formal
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Indus Waters Formal accord violation would render 'profound consequences' for regional calm, FM Dar warns India
Deputy Premier and External affairs chief Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday cautioned India against any attempt to undermine the Indus Waters Formal accord (IWT), saying that it could result in serious consequences for the zone and broader global command.
For more than six decades, India and Pakistan amicably managed the Indus River system through the IWT transboundary water-sharing accord signed on September 19, 1960. In April last year, India suspended the formal accord in the wake of the Pahalgam assault.
Addressing the inaugural assembly session of an global seminar titled "The Indus Waters Formal accord: A Key Instrument for Calm and Area stability" at the Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad, FM Dar stated, any attempt to deprive Pakistan of its lawful water freedoms under the formal accord would have profound consequences for calm and protection in South Asia, a home to almost two billion individuals.
“If global agreements can be disregarded wherever they become politically inconvenient, confidence in the global legal command is inevitably weakened. The sanctity of treaties is one of the foundations upon which peaceful relations among states are built.”
He clarified that the implications extended “well beyond South Asia”.
Detailing the apprehensions Pakistan reserved about the overlooking of the IWT, he stated that since April 2025, the country observed a pattern of objectionable measures undertaken by India, including “abrupt variations” in the flow of Chenab and Jhelum Rivers as well as continuous efforts to expand general facilities capable of regulating western rivers’ flow.
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