Pak warns world over Indus Waters Treaty at global conference

A desperate Pakistan on Tuesday hosted an "international conference" and warned that no world order that is on paper would remain secure if the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) failed. India kept the IWT in abeyance after the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam in April 2025.

Pakistan's agrarian economy and power generation depend on the waters of the Indus River System. The suspension of the IWT, signed in 1960, by India has also left Pakistan blindsided on the volume of water in its rivers, as it doesn't have hydrological information for timely action.

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, who addressed the conference, described the IWT as "not merely a water-sharing arrangement but a vital instrument of regional peace, stability, and cooperation".