Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the additional permanent courtyard of arbitration on the Indus Water Treaty on Saturday, qualifying the decision a major approval in Pakistan’s position.
In a press release published by the media wing of the PM office, PM said that the decision confirmed that India could not unilaterally suspend the agreement, which governs water sharing between the two countries.
“We are working on water resources because water is the rescue buoy for residents of the country,” said the Prime Minister.
He also welcomed the minister of Law Azam Nazeer Tarar and the Attorney General Mansoor Awan for their legal contributions to the case.
Yesterday, the Court of Arbitration formed in accordance with the 1960s Water (IWT) Water Treaty, held that India’s decision to hold the in suspense treaty did not deprive it of its jurisdiction to judge the complaints of Pakistan against its neighbor.
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The court awarded the “additional price” on the procedure instituted by Pakistan against India.
“Consequently, the text of the treaty, read in the light of its object and its objective, did not allow one or the other of the parties, acting unilaterally, to suspend or suspend a process of settlement of the disputes in progress,” indicates the order.
The additional price said that “the text … does not provide for the” suspension “or the unilateral” suspension “of the treaty. On the contrary, the treaty provides for its pursuit in force until the mutual consent of India and Pakistan”.
“Such a text definitively indicates the intention of the editors not to allow unilateral measures to modify the rights, obligations and procedures established by the Treaty, including the procedures for paying disputes of the Treaty.
The sentence, made public on the website of the Permanent Arbitration Court, was welcomed by Pakistan, saying that it had affirmed the court or the competence of the neutral expert despite the unilateral action of India.
