{"id":1120,"date":"2025-08-13T04:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2025-08-13T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:55:33","slug":"pakistan-warns-india-over-indus-waters-treaty-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/08\/13\/pakistan-warns-india-over-indus-waters-treaty-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Warns India Over Indus Waters Treaty Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"363\"><em>Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after strong remarks from Pakistan\u2019s top leadership over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).<\/em><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"635\">On April 23, India placed the 1960 treaty &#8216;in abeyance&#8217; a day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/07\/23\/indias-sharp-response-to-pakistan-at-un-meet-gives-a-reality-check-on-terrorism\/\"><em>Pahalgam terror attack<\/em><\/a>, which claimed 26 lives. The move triggered a series of warnings from Pakistan\u2019s political and military leaders, who view the treaty as critical to their water security.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"688\"><strong>Shehbaz Sharif Vows to Protect Every Drop<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"868\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/05\/20\/pakistans-spy-game-exposed-indian-police-arrests-suspects\/\">Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> issued a stern warning on Tuesday, declaring that India would not be allowed to take \u201ceven one drop\u201d of water belonging to Pakistan.\u00a0\u201cI want to tell the enemy today, if you threaten to hold our water, remember \u2013 you cannot snatch even a drop from Pakistan,\u201d Sharif said at a ceremony in Islamabad. He further cautioned that any such attempt would result in a \u201clesson\u201d for India that would not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1209\"><strong>Bilawal Bhutto Labels Move an Attack on Civilization<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1456\">A day earlier, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari likened the suspension of the treaty to an attack on the Indus Valley Civilization. He warned that Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if India forced it into a conflict.\u00a0The comments have stirred political circles in both nations, with Indian leaders responding strongly to Pakistan\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1643\"><strong>Army Chief Asim Munir Threatens to Destroy Dams<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1771\">While addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/07\/26\/pakistan-consents-to-america-listing-trf-as-a-terror-group-pak-fm-dar\/\">Pakistani<\/a> diaspora in Tampa, Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/05\/08\/pakistan-retaliation-in-vain-india-neutralizes-the-air-defence-system\/\">Army Chief General Asim Munir<\/a> escalated the rhetoric further.\u00a0\u201cWe will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,\u201d Munir was quoted by <em data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"1881\">Dawn<\/em>. He asserted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/05\/10\/operation-bunyan-al-marsoos-pakistans-reply-to-indias-operation-sindoor\/\">Indus River <\/a>does not belong exclusively to India and warned Islamabad has the means to counter any attempt to stop its flow.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2079\"><strong>India Opposes Nuclear Blackmail<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2209\">In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/08\/12\/india-added-to-uks-revised-deportation-list-for-foreign-criminals\/\">India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)<\/a> condemned Munir\u2019s remarks, particularly his veiled nuclear threat.\u00a0The MEA stated that such comments \u201creinforce long-standing doubts about the integrity of <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/05\/08\/pakistan-retaliation-in-vain-india-neutralizes-the-air-defence-system\/\">Pakistan\u2019s nuclear command and control<\/a>\u201d and criticized the military\u2019s alleged ties to terrorist groups.\u00a0India also expressed regret that these remarks were made from the soil of a \u201cfriendly third country,\u201d in a pointed reference to the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2209\">The recent developments between Pakistan and US, on the lines of their growing alleged friendship, due to the trade tariff situation and heavy duty imposed by Donald Trump on Indian exports has definitely given rise to fresh controversial stance and made the Indian government prepare a stronger counter-intuitive narrative, to partner with allies (Brazil), apart from clearly refusing to stop the oil import from Russia and the Indian contingent announcing renewed ties with China &#8211; indicating an alternative route to not succumb into US pressure.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after strong remarks from Pakistan\u2019s top leadership over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). 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