ISLAMABAD — With a ruling handed down last week by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that favors its position, Pakistan is now calling on India to resume the implementation of a bilateral water-sharing treaty. Experts say that while the ruling strengthens Islamabad’s legal position, New Delhi is unlikely to go back to abiding by the treaty.
The 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) grants Pakistan rights to water from the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers, while granting India control of the Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. Following a deadly attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir in April, New Delhi blamed Pakistan and unilaterally declared the treaty to be in abeyance.
