Washington: Pakistan Military Chief Basic Asim Munir has issued a nuclear warning from U.S. soil. Talking in Washington on Sunday, the sphere marshal declared that if Pakistan confronted an existential menace, it might not go down alone.
“We’re a nuclear nation. If we expect we’re happening, we’ll take half the world down with us,” he mentioned.
The remark got here throughout a black-tie dinner hosted by businessman Adnan Asad, the honorary consul in Tampa. That is Munir’s second journey to the USA in simply two months.
He additionally raised the Indus Waters Treaty dispute through the night. He warned that India’s choice to droop the treaty may threaten the lives of 250 million folks.
“We are going to look ahead to India to construct a dam, and when it does so, phir 10 missile sey faarigh kar dengey (we’ll destroy it with 10 missiles). The Indus River is just not the Indians’ household property. Humein missilon ki kami nahin hai, Alhumdulillah (We have now no scarcity of missiles, Reward be to God),” he mentioned.
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in April 2025 after a lethal terror assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that killed 26 folks. Since then, Islamabad has despatched a number of letters urging New Delhi to rethink its choice.
Whereas in the USA, Munir addressed members of the Pakistani diaspora. He spoke about unity, financial potential and the function of youth within the nation’s future. “The devotion and dedication of abroad Pakistanis to their beloved homeland is an open reality. Our 64 % younger inhabitants is stuffed with immense potential, which is able to play a key function in constructing the longer term,” he mentioned.
In keeping with Daybreak Information, he described his back-to-back visits to the USA as a “new dimension” in Pakistan-U.S. relations.
His nuclear remarks drew sharp criticism in India. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi labelled him a “Failed Marshal” in a put up on X. She urged the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian authorities to cancel cricket ties with Pakistan, together with the Asia Cup.
She additionally advised PTI that the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company ought to step in to safe Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, calling Munir’s statements “maniacal”.
Throughout his go to, Munir met senior U.S. navy leaders, together with U.S. Joint Chiefs of Employees Basic John Dan Caine, whom he invited to Pakistan. He additionally attended the farewell ceremony of outgoing U.S. Central Command Commander Basic Michael E. Kurilla and the change-of-command occasion as Admiral Brad Cooper took over the put up.