Rawalpindi
\nThe chief military spokesperson has warned India over its threat to cut Pakistan\u2019s share of water from the Indus River system, saying such a move would trigger consequences lasting for generations, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continue to surge.
\nIf India weaponises water and blocks the flow of an Indus River tributary, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, \u201cIt is some madman who can think that he can stop water of 240 million plus people of this country. I hope that time doesn\u2019t come, but it will be such actions that the world will see and the consequences of that we will fight for years and decades to come. Nobody dare stop water of Pakistan.\u201d He said this in an interview with Arab News.
\nThe warning comes after New Delhi last month unilaterally suspended the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which India blamed on Pakistan \u2014 an allegation Islamabad has firmly denied.
\nThe escalating crisis led to cross-border fire and military strikes. On the night of May 6-7, India launched a series of strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) and extended attacks to sites on Pakistan\u2019s mainland, claiming to target militant positions. Pakistan responded by striking 26 Indian military targets, halting its operations once a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on May 10. Despite the ceasefire, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this week that India would stop the flow of water from the Indus River system to Pakistan \u2014 a decision Islamabad has long described as a direct threat to its survival and an act of war.
\nAccording to officials, India\u2019s recent strikes killed at least 40 civilians, including 22 women and children. In response, Pakistan targeted Indian military sites, carefully avoiding civilian infrastructure.
\n\u201cPakistan armed forces are a professional armed forces and we adhere to the commitments that we make, and we follow in letter and spirit the instructions of the political government and the commitments that they hold,\u201d DG ISPR said. \u201cAs far as Pakistan Army is concerned, this ceasefire will hold easily and there have been confidence building measures in communication between both the sides,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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