Dr Amit Ranjan
A year after the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was placed in “abeyance” by India following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025 which killed 26 people, New Delhi and Islamabad continue to hold divergent interpretations of the agreement. For India, the treaty remains in abeyance; for Pakistan, it is still “fully operational and effective”.
On 30 January 2026, speaking at an ‘Arria-formula’ meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, stated that India’s position on the IWT constitutes “a serious violation of international legal obligations, with far-reaching humanitarian, environmental, and peace and security implications”. In turn, India reiterated its stand that water issues cannot be insulated from cross-border terrorism.
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