While India has unveiled a series of punitive diplomatic measures against Pakistan in the RAP-Rival in response to the attack on Pahalgam, former diplomats and experts said that New Delhi could not suspend or terminate the Industry Water Treaty negotiated by the World Bank in 1960.
India took the steps on Wednesday, one day after the murder of at least 26 tourists illegally occupied the Jammu and the cashmere (iiojk).
Addressing Geo News, the former High Commissioner of Pakistan at India Abdul Basit said that the Indus water Treaty cannot be suspended or dismissed unilaterally and advised to propagate panic in this regard.
“India cannot immediately stop Pakistan water,” said Basit, expressing the fear that India could take unfavorable measures against Pakistan
He said bilateral trade between the two countries had already been suspended, therefore, the closure of the Wagah-Attari border does not matter to Pakistan.
“We have to be prepared, India can make any movement,” he warned.
Consequently with Basit, the former Ambassador and Sherry PPP Senator said that the treaties are not suspended or unilaterally dismissed.
She recalled that India had blamed Pakistan for an attack on the IIOJK during the visit of President Clinton in 2000. However, the allegation proved to be wrong following the investigation, she added.
Referring to the last attack of Iiojk, she said that all the indications indicate an operation of false flag.
Echoing similar opinions, former Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed said that India used Pahalgam incident as an excuse to suspend the Indus water Treaty because he wanted to “exert pressure on Pakistan under the plot”.
He said that the Industry Water Treaty is an international bilateral agreement between Islamabad and New Delhi and added that if the government led by Modi stopped Pakistan water, then it would be a violation of international laws and “Tantamountre War”.
He also called for the need to inform the United Nations Secretary General about India’s false allegations against Pakistan.
“We are ready at all levels to give an appropriate response to India,” added Syed.
The Industry River is one of the longest on the Asian continent, crossing the ultra-sensitive borders of the region, including the demarcation between India with nuclear arms and Pakistan in cashmere.
The 1960s water from the Indus water Treaty theoretically shared the water between the two countries, but was responsible for disputes.
Pakistan had been feared for a long time that India, which is upstream, could restrict its access, negatively affecting its agriculture.