PM Shehbaz Sharif has threatened India on the Indus River issue, stating that it could not snatch “even one drop” of water belonging to Pakistan.
He made the remarks after Pakistan urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty.
India has held the water in abeyance since May, following the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 tourists dead.
“I want to tell the enemy today that if you threaten to hold our water, then keep this in mind that you cannot snatch even one drop from Pakistan,” Sharif was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune while speaking at a ceremony in the capital on the occasion of International Youth Day.
“You threaten to stop our water. If you attempt such a move, Pakistan will teach you a lesson you will never forget,” he added.
Munir’s controversial remark
He made the remarks just days after Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir threatened to launch a nuclear attack on India.
Munir triggered a controversy during his US visit when he said that his country would defend its water rights “at all costs” if India proceeds with dam construction on the Indus River.
Munir said that Islamabad would not hesitate to plunge the region into nuclear conflict if the country faces an existential threat in a future war with New Delhi.
“We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us,” Munir said, as quoted by NDTV.
Responding to Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s nuclear threat from the United States, India on Monday said “nuclear sabre-rattling” is Islamabad’s “stock-in-trade”.
Condemning Munir’s remarks, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it “won’t give in to nuclear blackmail”.
The MEA’s statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock-in-trade.”
