India's Ministry of External Affairs Secretary, Vikram Misri, stated, "The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism."​

In response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack that killed 26, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, potentially disrupting water access for Pakistan, which relies heavily on these rivers for agriculture and economic stability amidst a water crisis.

India has stalled the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan following a deadly attack in Kashmir, demanding Pakistan cease cross-border terrorism. The 1960 treaty allocates the Western Rivers to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers to India,