India says Indus Waters Treaty outdated, criticises Pakistan at UNHRC

India strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and called the Indus Waters Treaty outdated and unsuited to present-day realities. India stated that the agreement no longer fits today’s reality and argued that a country which continues to sponsor terrorism cannot expect the benefits of cooperation founded on goodwill and friendship.

Speaking at the 62nd Session of the UNHRC, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Anupama Singh, rejected Pakistan’s allegations against India and criticised Islamabad’s repeated attempts to raise bilateral issues at international forums.

She added that India’s position on the Indus Water Treaty is well known. It defies logic that a state which exports terror as an instrument of policy continues to demand the privileges of cooperation predicated on goodwill and friendship. It is equally undeniable that the treaty is now outdated. No technical arrangement can remain frozen in time while the world around it is transformed. A treaty negotiated in 1960 cannot be treated as a perpetual entitlement which is insulated from accountability, detached from present-day realities and untouched by the profound changes of the past six decades.

Anupama Singh further remarked that Pakistan should focus on addressing its internal challenges rather than making claims against India. Instead of coveting Indian territories, Pakistan would serve itself and its people far better by putting its own house in order.