- Pakistan asks India to fulfill the “faithfully” IWT obligations.
- FO says that the ACP’s decision came after the illegal announcement of India.
- “The price justifies India is not allowed to take unilateral measures.”
Islamabad: Pakistan has called on India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Industry Water Treaty (IWT), which it expressed in May since May, and to fully and faithfully honor its treatments for treatments after the permanent arbitration short (PCA) awarded an “additional sentence” in the case.
“In an additional sentence announced on June 27, 2025, the court hearing the Pakistani-Indian dispute against the hydroelectric projects of Kishenganga and Ratle noted that its competence remains intact and that it has continuous responsibility to advance these procedures in a timely, efficient and fair-fair manner,” said the Office of abroad (FO) in a declaration.
“The Arbitration Court has decided to announce this additional compensation following the illegal and unilateral announcement of India to contain the pending water Treaty,” he added.
The FO has added that the price “confirms the position of Pakistan according to which the Industrial Water Treaty remains valid and operational, and that India is not allowed to take unilateral measures on this subject”.
After the murder of 26 people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu-et-Cachemire in April, India held the Industry Water Treaty with pending Pakistan. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of orchestrating the deadly militant attack, an allegation that Pakistan denies.
On the basis of these baseless allegations, India sparked the war against Pakistan last month, which was the heaviest fights for having occurred between the two neighboring countries for decades, before a cease-fire was reached and negotiated by the United States.
Neighbors of nuclear weapons do not agree on the use of water from rivers which flow downstream from India in the Industry River basin in Pakistan.
The use of water is governed by the Industry Water Treaty, which was mediated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbors in September 1960. There is no provision in the Treaty for the two countries to suspend or unilaterally terminate the Pact, which has clear dispute settlement systems.
Earlier, Pakistan hosted the PCA’s decision to issue a “additional competence compensation” in the Industry waters, reiterating that India could not unilaterally hold the pending treaty.
According to the government’s statement, Pakistan welcomed the PCA’s decision and said the court had confirmed its jurisdiction despite India’s unilateral action against TWT.
“Pakistan is anxious to receive the court of the court on the first phase on the merits in due course following the hearing held at the Palais de la Paix in The Hague in July 2024,” said the statement.
“The high priority, at this stage, is that India and Pakistan find a means of returning to a significant dialogue, including the application of the Industry Water Treaty,” added the government.
The decision
The Court of Arbitration awarded an additional sentence reaffirming its competence in the arbitration in progress initiated by Pakistan against India under TFI.
The decision deals with recent developments, including the India Declaration in April 2025 that the Treaty would be held “pending”.
The unanimous judgment, rendered on June 27, 2025 and binding the two parties without appeal, confirmed that the unilateral decision of India to place the in -suspended treaty has no impact on the jurisdiction of the court to judge the issue.
The arbitration procedure between Pakistan and India under the Water Treaty (IWT) officially started at the permanent court of arbitration in Hague, at the request of Pakistan for the creation of a court on August 19, 2016.
The legal process was initiated under article IX of the Indus Water Treaty, which provides a dispute settlement framework between the two countries on water related issues.
