Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that India had attempted to circumvent the treaty for many years through various tactics and justifications.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Asif said that the relevant clauses of the Indus Waters Treaty remained self-explanatory and required no interpretation.
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He said that the procedure for amending and inserting new clauses had been mentioned explicitly in the treaty.
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He emphasised that India’s rights and limitations under the treaty had been clearly defined, while Pakistan also remained bound by the same procedure.
“India is using a terrorist incident merely as a pretext to fulfil an old objective,” said Asif.
