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July 17, 2026
India’s Indus Treaty Suspension Threatens Water Security of 240 Million PeopleIslamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday told a United Nations ministerial meeting India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty threatened the water security and livelihoods of 240 million people, urging the international community to uphold international treaty obligations.
The Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank and signed in 1960, has governed the sharing of the Indus river system between India and Pakistan for more than six decades.
“Water security is equally fundamental. For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty has stood as a model of peaceful transboundary cooperation,” Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an address at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Iqbal said Pakistan remained committed to the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals despite economic and climate-related challenges, including devastating floods in 2022 and 2025 that he said had erased years of development gains.
“Few countries have experienced the devastating impact of climate change as acutely as Pakistan,” he said, adding that the country was restoring ecosystems, strengthening water security and integrating climate resilience into its national development planning.
He also called for reforms to the international financial system, saying countries on the front lines of climate change should not be forced to finance recovery from disasters “they did little to cause.” – Arab News
Courtesy Arab News
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