Islamabad: Pakistani navy spokesperson Lieutenant Common Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has issued a warning to India just like that utilized by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Hafiz Saeed. He was talking at a public gathering over India’s choice to maintain the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance until Islamabad abjures terrorism and cease aiding, funding and supporting terrorist teams emanating from its soil.
Chaudhry reportedly made the feedback throughout a speech at a college in Pakistan. Referring to India’s current transfer to droop the water-sharing treaty following a lethal terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, he mentioned, “When you block our water, we’ll choke your breath.”
His assertion mirrors the hostile rhetoric utilized by LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults, recognized for his inflammatory speeches in opposition to India and the US. In a video, making rounds on social media X, Hafiz Saeed will be heard saying those self same phrases.
The statements come as India suspended components of the Indus Waters Treaty on April 23, a day after the fear assault in Pahalgam killed 26 individuals. The treaty, signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Financial institution, governs the sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries between the 2 nations.
In the meantime, New Delhi has repeatedly mentioned “blood and water can not circulation collectively; speak and terror can not go collectively,” signalling a harder stance on Pakistan’s alleged assist for cross-border terrorism.
Suspension was part of countermeasures taken in opposition to Islamabad, together with “Operation Sindoor” on Might 7 that focused 9 terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Thursday declared that any future dialogue with Pakistan will focus solely on the holiday of illegally occupied Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal acknowledged firmly that “terror and talks cannot coexist,” highlighting that India stays open solely to discussions on the extradition of needed terrorists already listed and shared with Islamabad.
Clarifying India’s stance on the Kashmir situation, Jaiswal underlined, “Any bilateral dialogue will solely be on the holiday of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan.”
Talking on the suspended Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Jaiswal confirmed that the settlement will stay in abeyance till Pakistan takes credible and irreversible steps to cease supporting terrorism. He echoed Prime Minister Modi’s assertion: “Water and blood can not circulation collectively,” indicating a hardening of India’s place on the historic water-sharing settlement.
In a associated improvement, two workers members of the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi have been declared ‘persona non grata’ for actions deemed inconsistent with their official standing. “One has already left India, and the opposite was given 24 hours to take action,” Jaiswal mentioned, underscoring the seriousness of their misconduct.
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Rajasthan’s Bikaner, the place he delivered a stern warning to Islamabad. He mentioned Pakistan must “battle for each penny” if it continued to assist terror, and that it will not get India’s rightful share of water below the present treaty phrases. “Enjoying with the blood of Indians will now price Pakistan closely,” PM Modi added.