Islamabad, February 16, 2023 (PPI-OT):The water experts have stressed the need to retaliate with a pragmatic response to counter India’s attempt to modify the Indus Waters Treaty. The experts made the remarks during a roundtable discussion titled “Indus Water Treaty Arbitration – Battle over Water Sharing” in Islamabad. Secretary of Water Ministry Mirza Hamid Hassan in his address to the roundtable said India designed its water projects with storages of a higher level and obstructing river flows more than what was permitted under the Treaty.

He said that Pakistan must be ready to take the matter to the UN if India continues to boycott the proceedings of the International Court of Arbitration. Former Federal Secretary of Water Ministry, Ashfaq Mahmood, maintained that India’s attempt to make amendments to the IWT would not be fruitful as the modification which India was claiming was already present in Article IX of the IWT.

While concluding the session, Chairman of Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Khalid Rahman said it was critical that despite Pakistan’s case being true and proactive; its projection was still in a passive and defensive mode.

For more information, contact:
Kashmir Media Service
Phone: +92-51-4435548, +92-51-4435549
Fax: +92-51-4861736
Email: info@kmsnews.org
Website: www.kmsnews.org