Kolkata, New Delhi, INDIA. New York, USA.
Business To Business, Islamabad, 01st July, 2026: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said his country rejects India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, asserting that the agreement "remains valid, binding and operative."
India suspended the World Bank-brokered treaty as one of several punitive measures against Pakistan following the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.
The Indus Waters Treaty, signed in 1960, has governed the sharing and use of the waters of the Indus River system and its tributaries between India and Pakistan for more than six decades.
Dar reiterated Pakistan's position that the treaty continues to be legally binding despite India's decision, underscoring Islamabad's stance on the long-standing water-sharing agreement.