- No compromise to be made on country’s water rights: PM.
- “Pakistan will teach you a lesson you will never forget.”
- PM says a new Pakistan emerged after India’s defeat on May 10.
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a firm warning to India on Tuesday, saying that any attempt to halt the water supply into Pakistan in contravention of the Indus Waters Treaty will be met with a “decisive response.”
“Enemy [India] can’t snatch even a single drop of water from Pakistan,” the premier stated during a function in Islamabad in honor of International Youth Day.
“You threatened to stop our water,” he continued. Pakistan will give you a lesson you won’t soon forget if you try such a maneuver.
PM Shehbaz emphasized that Pakistan’s water supply was vital and that the nation’s rights under international agreements would not be compromised.
India placed the IWT with Pakistan in abeyance after 26 people were killed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in April.
Pakistan disputes New Delhi’s accusation that Islamabad planned the deadly jihadist attack.
Following the country’s military victory over India on May 10, the prime minister said that a “new Pakistan” had formed.
He claimed that the downing of six Indian fighter jets by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) destroyed India’s pride. For Pakistan, he described it as a “historic moment.”
Before a truce was agreed upon and mediated by the United States, India launched the war against Pakistan in May based on these unfounded accusations. This was the bloodiest conflict to have broken out between the two neighbors in decades.
The usage of water from rivers that flow downstream from India into the Indus River basin in Pakistan is a point of contention between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
The IWT, which was negotiated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbors in September 1960, regulates how the water is used.
The treaty contains explicit dispute resolution procedures and makes no mention of either party unilaterally suspending or terminating the agreement.
In his speech, PM Shehbaz declared that 100,000 laptops would be given to students based on merit, with no interest.
He promised, “This government believes in merit and transparency, and we will ensure both in the distribution process.”
The prime minister reaffirmed his government’s commitment to empowering youth through education and technology, saying that the future of the nation lies with the young.
Along with congratulating the country on Independence Day, PM Shehbaz commended the contributions made by minorities and other facets of society to the founding and growth of Pakistan.
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