Pakistan takes Indus Waters Treaty dispute to UN Security Council

Pakistan has moved decisively to internationalise India’s decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. In the last week of April, Islamabad took the matter to the United Nations Security Council, shifting the dispute from a bilateral argument to a test of international law, treaty obligation and institutional credibility. Pakistan has urged the Security Council to take urgent action against India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, calling the move illegal and warning that it could trigger serious security, environmental, and humanitarian consequences for millions of people. What New Delhi framed as a sovereign response to security concerns is…