Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has said that Indian attempts to weaponize water threaten peace and stability in South Asia, which are also a threat to Pakistan’s food security.Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Friday, Ishaq Dar maintained India has consistently attempted to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty in a systemic manner The foreign minister said.

“We witnessed in April this year India’s unilateral abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty … But what we are witnessing now is material breaches by India that strike at the heart of the Indus Waters Treaty with escalating consequences both for regional stability and sanctity of international law.” On Thursday, the Pakistan Foreign Office said it had sought a clarification from India via a letter over a sudden variation in the Chenab River’s water flow.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)