Islamabad: Senior politician and former federal minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that following the unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India can no longer block the waters of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas rivers.

Durrani emphasized that India's rights to these rivers were granted solely under the Indus Waters Treaty. With the treaty now suspended, India has no legal claim over their waters, he added.

'The suspension corrects a historic blunder committed during the martial law era of Ayub Khan, that compromised Pakistan's interests,' Durrani said.

He said that although India had taken its environmental share from the Jhelum and Chenab rivers under the treaty, it had also unlawfully deprived Pakistan of its rightful share.

Talking about the consequences of the treaty between the two countries, he said that the drying up of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas rivers was a clear breach of the United Nations Convention on international Watercourses.