Pakistan calls on India to fulfill water treaty obligations after PCA ruling

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called on India to fully restore the implementation of the Indus Waters Agreement, which has been held in New Delhi since May, and has fulfilled its responsibilities after the additional award issued by the Permanent Court for Arbitration (PCA).

“In an additional award announced on June 27, 2025, the court heard the Pakistan India dispute against the Kushnga and Rotal Hydroelectric projects that its ability remains intact, and it has a permanent responsibility to take these operations in a timely, effective and fair way.”

He added, “The mediation of the court has decided to announce the additional award in the context of India’s illegal and unilateral announcement to keep the Indus Waters Agreement inadequate.”

The FO added that the award “proves Pakistan’s position that the Indus Waters Agreement is correct and operational, and India has no right to take unilateral action about it”.

After the killing of 26 people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in April, India signed the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan. New Delhi has accused Islamabad of planning a deadly militant attack, alleging that Pakistan has denied.

On the basis of these baseless allegations, India launched a war against Pakistan last month, which had been the heaviest battle between two neighboring countries in decades, before the US ceasefire was broken and broken.

Neighbors equipped with nuclear weapons do not agree on the use of water from rivers that are flowing from India in the Basin of the Indus River in Pakistan.

The use of water is operating through the Indus Waters Agreement, which was arbitrated by the World Bank, and in September 1960, neighbors signed it. There is no supply to any country unilaterally suspended or eliminated for any country, which has a clear system of dispute resolution.

Earlier, Pakistan welcomed the PCA’s decision to issue a “additional award of qualification” in the Indus Waters case, reiterating that India could not unilaterally maintain the agreement.

According to the government’s statement, Pakistan welcomed the PCA decision and said that the court confirmed its eligibility despite India’s unilateral action against the IWT.

The statement said, “Pakistan is waiting for a court award in the first phase of merit in the appropriate course after a hearing at the Peace Palace in the Hague in July 2024.

The government added, “The high priority, at this point, is that India and Pakistan have found a meaningful dialogue, which includes the application of the Indus Waters Agreement.”

Decision

The Court of Arbitration has issued an additional award, confirming its jurisdiction in the ongoing mediation against Pakistan under IWT.

The decision has resolved recent developments, including India’s announcement in April 2025 that the agreement will be held in “Abi.”

The unanimous decisions, which were submitted on June 27, 2025, and are bound to both sides without any appeal, have confirmed that the unilateral decision to keep the agreement in neutrality has no effect on the court’s eligibility to decide the matter.

Following Pakistan’s request for the establishment of a court on August 19, 2016, the permanent mediation court in the Hague began a formal mediation process between Pakistan and India under the Indus Wates Agreement (IWT).

The legal process was launched under Article IX of the Indus Waters Agreement, which provides a framework for resolving disputes between the two countries related to water -related issues.