Pakistan, July 1 -- The speakers including the national political leadership, international legal experts, and policy analysts on Tuesday strongly condemned India's unilateral and illegal decision to place the historic Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, warning that New Delhi's actions threaten the foundation of the international legal order and risk triggering a severe strategic conflict in South Asia.

Addressing an international seminar on "Indus Waters Treaty: An Instrument of Peace and Regional Stability" held here the speakers emphasized that the 1960 treaty was an internationally binding pact that cannot be suspended or revoked unilaterally.

Organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in collaboration with the Ministr...