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Major Treaties & Agreements
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Major treaties and agreements extracted from Past Paper MCQs (2022–2026) + 2027 Prep. Read together with the other topic pages under MPT — Current Affairs.
Climate & environment
- Paris Agreement (2015) — the global agreement on climate change/global warming.
- COP26, hosted by the UK (Glasgow) in 2021 — the summit most associated with pushing forward Paris Agreement commitments (see Named Conflicts & Events (with dates) for more dated events).
- UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — target year 2030.
Source: 2026 paper Q1; 2022 paper Q2; 2023 Special Q14.
Nuclear & strategic
- NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) — Pakistan is a non-signatory (see Pakistan's Regional Diplomacy).
Water & border treaties (Pakistan-specific — also belongs in Pakistan Studies)
- Indus Waters Treaty (1960) — governs sharing of the Indus river system between Pakistan and India, brokered by the World Bank. Note: this treaty is core Pakistan Studies material too — cross-reference it there as well as here.
- Durand Line (1893) — the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, drawn by Sir Mortimer Durand; a recurring source of bilateral tension (see Pakistan's Regional Diplomacy).
Trade agreements
- NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement — superseded by USMCA in 2020.
Source: 2023 Special Q12; 2027 prediction Q2.