An important water sharing pact between India and Pakistan remains suspended, four government sources told Reuters, despite the fact that the countries reaching a ceasefire agreement on Saturday after days of deadly matches.
The Indus Waters Treaty, conveyed by the World Bank in 1960, regulates the division of water from the Indus River and its side elves between the South Asian nations.
India withdrew from it last month after a deadly attack aimed at Hindu tourists in Kashmir, as it said was supported by Islamabad.
Pakistan denied involvement in violence and had said that the prepared international trial of the suspension of the treaty, ensuring water to 80% of its farms.
“The Indus Waters Treaty was not really part of discussions (ceasefire),” said a source from Pakistan’s Ministry of Water.
An Indian government source also told Reuters that there was “no change in condition” on the treaty.
There was no immediate reaction from India’s Foreign Ministry about the case or from officials at the Pakistan Ministry of Water and the Minister of Information.
The covenant was one of many tit-for-tate measures taken by the South Asian nations after the Kashmir attack, including the closure of land boundaries, the suspension of trade and a break by issuing almost all categories of Visa to each other’s citizens.
Two sources from the Indian government told Reuters that all measures taken against Pakistan, including on trade and visas, would remain in place despite the break in violence between the countries.
India’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.
India and Pakistan had been engaged in daily clashes since Wednesday when India hit several locations in Pakistan, as it said were “terror camps”.
Fighting paused on Saturday night with the countries that reached what Pakistan called a “ceasefire agreement” and India called an agreement to “stop all firing and military action.”
