Letter on India’s IWT violations handed over to UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has formally urged the United Nations Security Council to take notice of what it calls India’s violations of the Indus Waters Treaty, warning that New Delhi’s recent actions could jeopardise Pakistan’s water security and heighten regional tensions.

A letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was delivered to the President of the UN Security Council by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad. The communication outlines Pakistan’s concerns over alleged treaty breaches and calls for urgent international attention.

In a post on the social media platform X, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative said the letter “draws urgent attention of the UNSC to two illegal Indian infrastructure projects linked to Chenab River system aimed at water diversion, which reveal India’s intention to illegally alter the treaty-governed flow and use of the Western rivers, weaponising water with dangerous implications for Pakistan’s water, food, and economic security as well as regional stability and international peace and security”.

He said that the UNSC was urged to take cognizance of this “fragile and deteriorating situation and hold India accountable for its brazen violations”. “I also briefed the president of the UNSC on the overall situation in South Asia and India’s continued non-compliance with its obligations under UN Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” he said.