Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that India has consistently attempted to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty systemically. He made the remarks while addressing the media in Islamabad, a day after the Foreign Office said it had sought a clarification from India via a letter over a sudden variation in the Chenab River’s flow.
At the beginning of his briefing, Dar said he wished to draw attention to a situation that threatened peace and stability in South Asia. “We witnessed in April this year India’s unilateral abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty … But what we are witnessing now is material breaches by India that strike at the heart of the Indus Waters Treaty with escalating consequences both for regional stability and sanctity of international law,” he said.