Pakistan, June 7 -- Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) explicitly states that no bilateral agreement can be unilaterally suspended. However, regardless of any bilateral agreement, India does not have the legal authority to block water to Pakistan.

Let's consider, for a moment, the hypothetical scenario where the Indus Water Treaty never existed. Does this imply that India possesses proprietary rights over the waters that flow into Pakistan? The answer is NO. Even in the absence of the IWT, India would not have held exclusive control over water resources, as international law clearly dictates the equitable sharing of trans boundary waters.

The water-sharing between India and Pakistan is not exclusively gove...