Tarar warns India's unilateral actions on IWT may have implications for water governance globally

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday warned that India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance could have implications for global transboundary water governance, urging the international community to take note of the “wider precedent”. Tarar made the remarks while addressing a ceremony organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad to launch a report on the IWT issue. Water and the IWT remain a contentious issue between India and Pakistan, following New Delhi’s unilateral abeyance of the accord in April last year — a move that was followed by a…