The British-Pakistani lawyers on Tuesday condemned Indian attempt to unilaterally suspend Indus Waters Treaty as a form of \u201cwater warfare,\u201d and committed to establishing a UK-based legal task force to defend Pakistan\u2019s rights under the treaty and mobilizing international legal and diplomatic support.<\/p>\n
During his visit to the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressed the British-Pakistani Lawyers Forum regarding India\u2019s unlawful attempt to unilaterally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty \u2013 an action that constitutes both a red line and an existential threat to Pakistan\u2019s 240 million citizens.<\/p>\n
British-Pakistani lawyers call IWT suspension a “water warfare”; vow to form legal task force<\/p>\n
In his address, the deputy prime minister emphasized that the 1960 World Bank brokered agreement, which governs 80 percent of Pakistan\u2019s freshwater resources and sustains the lives of 240 million people, could not be unilaterally suspended or held in abeyance.<\/p>\n
He also underscored the treaty\u2019s critical importance to Pakistan\u2019s water security and ecological stability.<\/p>\n
This meeting marked the third gathering of the British-Pakistani Lawyers Forum, an initiative launched by the Pakistan High Commission in London, in collaboration with Barrister Amjad Malik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The British-Pakistani lawyers on Tuesday condemned Indian attempt to unilaterally suspend Indus Waters Treaty as a form of \u201cwater warfare,\u201d and committed to establishing a UK-based legal task force to defend Pakistan\u2019s rights under the treaty and mobilizing international legal and diplomatic support. During his visit to the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n