Overview

• India holds the treaty in abeyance citing fundamental changes since 1960, with Jalshakti Ministry adviser Kushvinder Vohra affirming its legal validity under treaty provisions and international law.
• Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority reports a 21% drop in river flows and roughly 50% live storage depletion at Mangla and Tarbela dams, jeopardizing its kharif sowing season.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced India’s action as “unilateral and illegal” at a UN glacier preservation conference, warning of risks to millions of lives.
• General Sahir Shamshad Mirza declared that any effort to halt or divert Pakistan’s water share would be treated as an act of war, framing the issue as a red-line security concern.
• India’s suspension has also halted hydrological data sharing on river flows, heightening uncertainty for Pakistan’s flood forecasting and irrigation planning ahead of the monsoon.