India, May 15 -- Pakistan has called on India to reconsider its decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, describing it as unilateral and a violation of the terms of the pact, in an official letter sent to New Delhi recently, people familiar with the matter said.

It was not immediately clear whether the letter from the Pakistani side was sent before or after the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7.

A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that killed 26 civilians, India's Cabinet Committee on Security agreed on a raft of punitive measures, including keeping the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance till Pakistan gives up support for cross-border terrorism.

Debashree Mukherjee, secretary in the Jal Shakti ministry, conveyed this...