The prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, hosted on Saturday the supplementary prize of the Permanent Arbitration Court on the Treaty of the Water of the Indo, qualifying the decision as an important support of the Pakistan position.
In a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office media wing, the prime minister said the ruling confirmed that India could not unilaterally suspend the agreement, which governs the exchange of water between the two countries.
“We are working on water resources, since water is lifeguard for people in the country,” said Prime Minister.
He also praised the Minister of Law Azam Nazeer Tarar and the Attorney General Mansoor Awan for his legal contributions to the case.
Yesterday, the Arbitration Court constituted in accordance with the 1960 India Water Treaty (IWT), ruled that India’s decision to maintain the treaty in suspense did not deprive him of his competence to judge Pakistan’s complaints against his neighbor.
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The court issued the “complementary award” in the procedures instituted by Pakistan against India.
“Consequently, the text of the treaty, read in the light of its object and purpose, does not allow any of the parties, acting unilaterally, remain in suspense or suspend a continuous process of dispute settlement,” reads the order.
The supplementary prize said that “the text … does not provide the” suspension “or” suspension “unilateral of the treaty. Rather, the treaty provides its continuation in force until India and Pakistan ends mutual consent.”
“This text definitely indicates an intention of the editors not to allow the unilateral action to alter the rights, obligations and procedures established by the treaty, including the procedures for liquidation of treaty disputes.
Pakistan was well received by the award, public made on the website of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, saying that he affirmed the Court or the competence of the neutral expert despite the unilateral action of India.
