India's unilateral act of putting the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance is unlawful and devoid of rationality. Pakistan has rightly aired its concerns at every forum, soliciting the world community's endorsement to stand up against this policy of 'water aggression', as it is tantamount to weaponisation of shared natural resources.

Pakistan's permanent representative at the UN once again categorically denounced New Delhi's suspension of the treaty as a tool of politicking in bilateralism, and that too in contravention of international law. The envoy was on the spot as he said 'such steps go on to weaken the confidence in international statutes and set a precedent for resource-based coercion by upper riparian states'.

World Bank, as an arbitrator in the IWT, has already denounced India

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