Pakistan preparing to challenge India's suspension of water treaty, minister says


FILE PHOTO: People walk on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is preparing international legal action over India's suspension of a key river water-sharing treaty, a government minister told Reuters, as tensions intensify between the neighbours following an attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir.

Aqeel Malik, the Minister of State for Law and Justice, told Reuters late on Monday that Islamabad was working on plans for at least three different legal options, including raising the issue at the World Bank - the treaty's facilitator.

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