ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has rejected impression that the Sindh Taas agreement singed between India and Pakistan in 1960 on the distribution of water was at risk.
Talking to Voice of America, she said implementation of the Sindh Taas agreement in letter and spirit was the only best solution of water dispute between India and Pakistan.
Terming the agreement as a useful and proactive document, the spokesperson said Pakistan considered any decision to this effect at this stage as pre-mature.
The spokesperson said that the previous devastating floods and torrential rain had wreaked havoc in South Asia in general and Pakistan in particular.
She said her country was in dire need of water for meeting its irrigation and energy demands.
Tension over water dispute between India and Pakistan has been rife since the construction of dams in the Indian held part of Kashmir, a move considered by the Pakistani authorities as violation of Sindh Taas Agreement signed by the two countries in September 1960, she said.
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