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Pakistan has so far sent four letters expressing concerns over suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and urging India to reconsider the decision.
After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, India’s Secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Debashree Mukherjee, wrote to Pakistan’s Water Ministry Secretary, Syed Ali Murtaza. The letter unequivocally stated that India remains a victim of cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. India cited this context, alongside technical arguments, in communicating its decision to suspend its participation in the IWT.
India underscored that Pakistan has undermined the spirit of mutual trust and cooperation that underpinned the 1960 treaty.
PAKISTAN’S LETTERS
The first was dispatched in early May, before the launch of Operation Sindoor. Since then, three additional appeals have been sent by Murtaza.
According to sources, all correspondence has been routed through the Ministry of Jal Shakti to the Ministry of External Affairs.
In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reiterated that “trade and terror, water and blood, bullets and dialogue cannot go together”.
