India, Sept. 27 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday, raised the issue of abeyance of the Indus Water Treaty, accusing India of defying the provisions of the treaty.

"India's unilateral and illegal attempt to hold the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance defies the provisions of the treaty itself as well as the norms of International law. Pakistan has made it abundantly clear that we will defend the inseparable right of our people on these waters. To us, any violation of the treaty represents an act of war," Shehbaz Sharif said.

India put the treaty on abeyance as one of the counter-measures against Pakistan's cross-border terrorism efforts aft...