Pakistan replies to Indian notice on Indus Water treaty -says ready to listen to Indian concern

New Delhi: According to The News, a Pakistani daily newspaper quoting official well-placed sources in the Attorney General’s Office said that Pakistan has sent its response saying it was ready to listen to New Delhi’s concerns about the prevalent treaty of Indus Waters Treaty.

The officials said Pakistan was ready to listen to Indian concerns on the treaty at the level of the Permanent Commission of Indus Waters.

They said Pakistan was a lower riparian country while India is upper riparian and the lower riparian country couldn’t flout the Indus Water Treaty’s provisions or commit any material breach.

India on January 25, 2023, blamed Pakistan of "intransigence" on the implementation of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and issued a notice to Pakistan seeking modifications in the treaty two days before the hearing of the Court of Arbitration in The Hague that took place on January 27-28. 

India and Pakistan signed the IWT in September 1960 after nine-year-long negotiations. The World Bank was a signatory of the pact. The IWT sets out a mechanism for cooperation and information exchange between the two countries regarding the use of waters of a number of rivers.