{
  "id": 4692853,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:52:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/india-cannot-withdraw-from-water-treaty-with-pakistan-tribunal-insists/"
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  "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, 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 treaty, but the tribunal ruled that it remains fully in force. According to The Hindu, India's Ministry of External Affairs rejected the tribunal's award, stating that the tribunal's establishment was a \"grave violation\" of the treaty.\n\nThe Indian government has placed the treaty \"in abeyance\" since the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025, and reiterated this position after the tribunal's ruling. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that India has never recognised the tribunal's existence and has refused to take cognisance of its earlier pronouncements.",
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      {
        "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",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:50:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}