Pakistan seeks IWT resumption Post-Hague Court supplemental award

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The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday welcomed a supplemental award issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague regarding the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) dispute, and called on India to immediately resume the functioning of the treaty, which it has held in abeyance since May.

A supplemental award, under PCA rules, is an additional ruling issued to address unresolved issues or clarify aspects of an initial decision, such as jurisdiction, competence, or treaty interpretation.

India suspended its participation in the IWT in April, following a deadly attack in Pahalgam, occupied Kashmir, which killed 26 people. New Delhi blamed the incident on Islamabad without providing evidence. Pakistan rejected the accusation and called any attempt to suspend its water share an “act of war”, arguing the treaty includes no provision for unilateral suspension. Islamabad also considered legal action under the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

In a statement issued today, the FO said: “In a supplemental award announced on 27 June 2025, the Court of Arbitration hearing the Pakistan-India dispute over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects has found that its competence remains intact, and that it has a continuing responsibility to advance these proceedings in a timely, efficient, and fair manner.”

The FO added that the court issued the supplemental award in response to India’s “illegal and unilateral announcement to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance,” and said the ruling “vindicates Pakistan’s position that the Indus Waters Treaty remains valid and operational, and that India has no right to take unilateral action about it.”

The FO concluded by urging India to “immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, and fulfil its treaty obligations, wholly and faithfully.”

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