India Passes 100-Day Mark Without Responding to UN Indus Waters Treaty Deadline

An Eurasia Review editorial published April 3, 2026 noted that India had passed 100 days without responding to UN Special Rapporteurs who had formally requested a reply to concerns about India's April 2025 suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. The UN letter was issued on October 16, 2025, with a December 16, 2025 deadline. India's silence was framed as an assertion of its position that the IWT suspension was a legitimate sovereign response to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. India had reiterated at the UN World Water Day event in March 2026 that the IWT would remain 'in abeyance' until Pakistan ends support for terrorism. Pakistan's former Punjab Irrigation Minister Mohsin Leghari separately stated (April 5) that India 'cannot unilaterally suspend' the treaty, and that any such move automatically triggers the treaty's dispute resolution mechanisms including international arbitration at the Permanent Court of Arbitration — which Pakistan has already invoked, though India rejects the PCA's jurisdiction.