Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto calls on Pak’s citizens to unite against PM Modi, warns of war on India if Indus Water Treaty suspension continues

Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto has urged citizens to unite against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, warning of war if New Delhi continues to keep the Indus Water Treaty suspended amid escalating India-Pakistan tensions.

Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto calls on Pak’s citizens to unite against PM Modi, warns of war on India if Indus Water Treaty suspension continues

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A day after Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir issued a nuclear threat to India during an event in the US, Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto has called on Pakistani citizens to unite against PM Modi, accusing India of damaging Pakistan and warning of war if New Delhi continues to suspend the Indus Water Treaty.

Bhutto, while speaking at an event asked people, “to unite against  Prime Minister Modi, because of the damage India did to Pakistan.”

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“If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces an attack on Indus, he attacks our history, our culture and our civilisation,” Bilawal was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.

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India suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty shortly after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier declaring that the historic pact would never be reinstated.

Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has, during his ongoing visit to the United States, said that Islamabad will defend its water rights “at all costs” if India proceeds with dam construction on the Indus River.

Further Munir repeated his anti-India rhetoric describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s “jugular vein” stating that it is not India’s internal matter but an unresolved international issue, Pakistan-based media outlet ARY News reported on Monday.

“We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,” Munir told members of the Pakistani-American community in Tampa, Florida.

At the black-tie dinner in Washington, DC, hosted by Adnan Asad, Pakistan’s honorary consul in Tampa, Munir told the gathering that the Indus River “is not the Indians’ family property,” adding that Islamabad has “no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river,” the Dawn reported on Monday. 

 

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