{"id":98044,"date":"2025-08-25T23:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-bypassed-iwt-by-sharing-flood-data-via-diplomatic-channel-fo-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:40:19","slug":"india-bypassed-iwt-by-sharing-flood-data-via-diplomatic-channel-fo-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-bypassed-iwt-by-sharing-flood-data-via-diplomatic-channel-fo-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"India bypassed IWT by sharing flood data via diplomatic channel: FO | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n ISLAMABAD: <\/p>\n

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Pakistan has raised objections after India bypassed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by sending flood warnings through diplomatic channels instead of the Indus Water Commission, the designated forum under the 1960 accord.<\/p>\n

According to the Foreign Office on Monday, India\u2019s High Commission in Islamabad conveyed flood data on Sunday, marking the first such exchange since New Delhi unilaterally suspended the treaty following the Pahalgam attack in April.<\/p>\n

In a letter seen by The Express Tribune<\/em>, the Indian High Commission in Islamabad informed Pakistan of a \u201chigh flood\u201d in River Tawi, Jammu, at 10:00 am\u00a0on August 24.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office later confirmed the development but questioned India\u2019s method of communication. \u201cOn 24 August 2025, India communicated flood warnings through diplomatic channels, rather than through the Indus Waters Commission as required under the IWT. India is obligated to fully comply with all provisions of the Treaty,\u201d read the FO statement.<\/p>\n

It added that India\u2019s unilateral suspension of the treaty constitutes a \u201cserious violation of international law\u201d with potential consequences for regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: India alerts Pakistan about upcomsing flood threat<\/a><\/p>\n

A senior Pakistani official told The Express Tribune <\/em>that India appeared to be deliberately omitting reference to the treaty to establish a \u201cnew normal\u201d in its dealings with Pakistan. An unnamed Indian official, quoted by Reuters, said the data was shared on \u201chumanitarian grounds\u201d and not under treaty obligations.<\/p>\n

Following the alert, Punjab\u2019s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued warnings for Gujrat and Sialkot districts, cautioning that rising waters in River Tawi could affect Chenab\u2019s flow. District administrations were directed to activate flood monitoring and emergency response systems.<\/p>\n

Signed in 1960 with World Bank mediation, the Indus Waters Treaty allocates the western rivers\u2014Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab\u2014to Pakistan, while India controls the eastern rivers\u2014Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej\u2014subject to conditions that it does not significantly alter western flows.<\/p>\n

The Permanent Court of Arbitration recently reaffirmed that India cannot unilaterally walk away from the treaty and must strictly comply with provisions governing run-of-the-river projects.<\/p>\n

Islamabad has repeatedly warned that any attempt by New Delhi to obstruct Pakistan\u2019s due share of water would be viewed as an act of aggression.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has raised objections after India bypassed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by sending flood warnings through diplomatic channels instead of the Indus Water Commission, the designated forum under the 1960 accord. According to the Foreign Office on Monday, India\u2019s High Commission in Islamabad conveyed flood data on Sunday, marking the first such exchange […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/1192920-WIKI-1475560826\/1192920-WIKI-1475560826-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}