Pakistan has urged the international community to impress upon India to return to full compliance with the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmed in a statement at Security Council briefing in New York, said the Indus Waters Treaty remains valid and in-force as per the August 2025 award of the Court of Arbitration.

He said Pakistan rejects weaponinzation of water to choke this lifeline for low reparians, also threatening regional peace, security and stability.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said Pakistan is confronted with water terrorism by Indian that has resorted to unilateral and unlawful action of putting in abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty.

He said that Pakistan believes that natural resources must serve as instruments of economic development and shared prosperity and not coercion or conflict.