Islamabad, Pakistan welcomes the Supplemental Award by the Court of Arbitration in the Indus Waters matter that has been announced on Friday and made public on the website of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

According to Foreign Office spokesperson, Pakistan notes that the Court has affirmed its Competence in the light of recent developments and that unilateral action by India cannot deprive either the Court or the Neutral Expert, in the proceedings initiated by India, of their competence to adjudicate the issues before them.

Pakistan looks forward to receiving the Court’s Award on the First Phase on the Merits in due course following the hearing that was held in Peace Palace in The Hague in July 2024.

The high priority, at this point, is that India and Pakistan find a way back to a meaningful dialogue, including on the application of the Indus Waters Treaty.

To this end, and reaching out to India, Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on 24 June 2025, in widely publicised remarks, that Pakistan is “ready to engage in a meaningful dialogue with India on all outstanding issues, including Jammu & Kashmir, water, trade and terrorism.”

The Permanent Court of Arbitration is an intergovernmental organisation established by the 1899 Hague Convention on the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. The PCA has 125 Contracting Parties.

Headquartered at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands, the PCA facilitates arbitration, conciliation, fact-finding, and other dispute resolution proceedings among various combinations of States, State entities, intergovernmental organisations, and private parties.

The PCA’s International Bureau is currently administering 7 inter-state arbitrations, 1 other inter-state proceeding, 95 arbitrations arising under bilateral or multilateral investment treaties or national investment laws, 109 cases arising under contracts involving a State or other public entity, and 4 other proceedings.