Claim
After the Pahalgam attack in April 2025, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty for the first time on 23 April 2025 — a treaty that had survived the 1965, 1971 and Kargil wars and the Mumbai and Pulwama attacks.
“पाकिस्तान के आतंकियों ने जो कायराना हरकत की उसके बाद भारत ने 23 अप्रैल 2025 को पहली बार संधि को स्थगित कर दिया।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Multiple reputable sources confirm every element: the Pahalgam attack occurred 22 April 2025; India announced holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance on 23 April 2025; this was the first time in the treaty's ~65-year history; and the treaty had previously survived the 1965 and 1971 wars, the 1999 Kargil conflict, and the 2008 Mumbai and 2019 Pulwama attacks. The anchor's word स्थगित accurately corresponds to 'held in abeyance/suspended.'
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty Documents that on 23 April 2025, one day after the 22 April Pahalgam attack, India announced the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty would be 'held in abeyance' — the Hindi स्थगित (suspended/held in abeyance) matches this precisely — and that this was the first such action in the treaty's ~65-year history. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/06/suspending-the-indus-waters-treaty-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters/ States the IWT held firm through the 1965 and 1971 wars, the 1999 Kargil conflict, and the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and that the April 2025 move marks the first time the treaty has been formally suspended since its inception. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/24/kashmir-attack-does-indias-indus-waters-treaty-freeze-threaten-pakistan Wire/news confirmation that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on 23 April 2025 the treaty would be held in abeyance with immediate effect in response to the Pahalgam attack. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/papers/the-indus-waters-treaty-a-year-after-the-pahalgam-terror-attack/ Confirms the treaty had endured multiple India-Pakistan wars and terror incidents (including Pulwama 2019) before the unprecedented 2025 abeyance decision. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 200