{
  "id": 4692485,
  "title": "India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan, tribunal insists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan-tribunal-insists",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:50:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan-tribunal-insists/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An international tribunal has ordered India to observe its obligations under a 1960 treaty with Pakistan regarding the sharing of the Indus and other rivers. The tribunal, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, has also prohibited India from carrying out works at two hydro-electric projects that could breach the treaty.\n\nThe Indian government had sought to suspend the Indus Water Treaty, which it placed \"in abeyance\" following a terror attack on April 22, 2025. However, according to the Punch and Punch Nigeria, the tribunal insisted that the treaty remains in force.\n\nThe Indian Ministry of External Affairs has rejected the tribunal's order, stating that the establishment of the arbitral body was a \"grave violation\" of the treaty. According to The Hindu, India claims the tribunal has no jurisdiction to pronounce on its sovereign decisions and has consistently refused to recognise the tribunal's existence.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Tribunal says India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/tribunal-says-india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:56:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "India rejects Hague court order to restore Indus waters pact with Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/india-rejects-hague-court-order-to-restore-indus-waters-pact-with",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:23:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Tribunal says India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/tribunal-says-india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan-4680634",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:42:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘No jurisdiction’: India rejects international court’s order on Indus Water Treaty",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/no-jurisdiction-india-rejects-international-courts-order-on-indus",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:58:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Hague court backs Indus Waters Treaty in Pakistan-India dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hague-court-backs-indus-waters-treaty-in-pakistan-india-dispute",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:26:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan, tribunal insists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan-tribunal-insists-4692853",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:52:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}