Islamabad, Aug 12: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said India would not be allowed to snatch \u201ceven one drop\u201d of water belonging to Pakistan, amid tensions between the two neighbours.
\nA day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 in \u201cabeyance\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pakistan has repeatedly warned that any interference to stop the water would be treated as an act of war.
\n\u201cI 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 of Pakistan,\u201d Prime Minister Sharif said while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad.
\nHe warned that if India attempted such an act, \u201cyou will be again taught such a lesson that you will be left holding your ears.\u201d
\nA day earlier, former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari termed the IWT\u2019s suspension an attack on the Indus Valley Civilisation and said the nation would not back down if New Delhi forced it into war.<\/p>\n
In an address to the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida, Army Chief Asim Munir reportedly said Islamabad would destroy any dam if it cut off water flow to Pakistan.
\n\u201cWe will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,\u201d he was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper. \u201cThe Indus River is not the Indians\u2019 family property. We have no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river.\u201d
\nIndia launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
\nIndia and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes. (Agenciese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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