India rejects arbitration court ruling on Pakistan water-sharing treaty

An international arbitration tribunal ordered India on August 31 to uphold its decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan and limit work on a hydroelectric plant in Kashmir. India rejected the ruling, adding stress to a long-standing dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

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India rejects ruling on water-sharing treaty with Pakistan by international court

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India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with ⁠Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on a hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir region, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said on Monday. India in April last year suspended the treaty ‌that ensures water supply to 80 per cent of Pakistani farms, after India identified as Pakistani two of three ass