India diverting water will be taken as war declaration, warns Pakistan
Water is a vital national interest of Pakistan, a lifeline for its 240 million people, and its availability will be safeguarded at all costs,” the statement read. “Any attempt to stop or divert Pakistan’s water will be responded to with full force across the complete spectrum of national power.”
Pakistan on Thursday announced the suspension of trade, bilateral accords and airspaces with India, among other moves, as it retaliated to New Delhi’s slew of aggressive measures against the country in the wake of a deadly attack in India-held Kashmir.
: In a strong rebuttal to India’s contentious actions, the National Security Committee (NSC) has declared that any attempt by New Delhi to divert water legally allocated to Pakistan will be treated as an act of war..
The move comes in response to India’s unilateral decision to suspend the six-decade-old Indus Water Treaty and also taking other steps against Pakistan in the aftermath of an attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The attack on Tuesday claimed the lives of 26 people — including one Nepali national — and India’s government blames Pakistan for the attack, a claim that Islamabad vehemently denied and also termed as a “false flag operation
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