Overview

• At the UN General Assembly, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called India's move to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance illegal and an act of war.
• Sharif did not outline any actions by Islamabad to curb terrorism from its soil, a demand India set after the April Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
• New Delhi says the suspension is a lawful countermeasure and insists the treaty will resume only after verifiable cessation of cross-border terrorism.
• Sharif also reiterated Pakistan's position on Kashmir in his speech, telling Kashmiris that Pakistan stands with them.
• The 1960 World Bank–brokered treaty allocates the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to India and the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab primarily to Pakistan, and Indian officials accuse Pakistan of abusing arbitration to deflect from terrorism concerns.