Honour provisions of Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan urges India

Days after India served a formal notice to Pakistan seeking a review of the Indus Water Treaty, Islamabad on Thursday said it considers the agreement important and hopes that New Delhi will also comply with its provisions.

India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) on September 19, 1960, after nine years of negotiations with the sole aim of managing cross-border rivers.

India on August 30 served a formal notice to Pakistan seeking a review of the 64-year-old agreement, government sources in New Delhi said on Wednesday.

Foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, “Pakistan considers the Indus Water Treaty as an important one and hopes that India will also comply with its provisions.”