India cannot unilaterally separate itself from Indus Waters Treaty, will approach UN: Pakistan.

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India cannot unilaterally separate itself from Indus Waters Treaty, will approach UN: Pakistan.

Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani economist and strategist who serves as Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Advisor on Foreign Affairs, on Monday said that India cannot unilaterally separate itself from the Indus Waters Treaty according to the international law. 
He said that if India violates the treaty then Pakistan can approach the International Court of Justice, insisting the revocation of the treaty can be taken as an "act of war".

"The international law states that India cannot unilaterally separate itself from the treaty," Aziz, Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, said while briefing the National Assembly on the issue.

"IWT is an international agreement and India cannot revoke it. But, it can take other measures by misusing certain provisions of the treaty to stop Pakistan's share of water defined in the treaty," he said while speaking in the Senate.

"We shall share the dossier with P-5 countries, World Bank and others asking them to pressurize India to avoid revocation otherwise consequences are very clear," he added.

The House had started discussing the issue when Chairman Raza Rabbani presented his observation to the House on this matter. 

The members took serious note of Indian threats to revoke IWT and said such an act would be considered an act of war.