Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has threatened war against India over water security amid tensions linked to the suspended Indus Waters Treaty. India cites terrorism concerns for the suspension. Meanwhile, Pakistan faces a deep internal water crisis driven by mismanagement and infrastructure shortages.
Islamabad: In a move marked by desperate rhetoric, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has threatened war against India over water security. This sabre-rattling comes even as his government faces widespread domestic instability and an internal water crisis that experts attribute to gross mismanagement.
Speaking to ARY News on Saturday, Asif declared, "The moment we feel that our national security, and water is part of our national security, is being threatened, we will go to war against India. Definitely."
He further claimed that military action would be a consideration should Islamabad find evidence that India is acting at an "alarming speed" to disrupt water supplies.
These provocative comments arrive in the wake of New Delhi's firm suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, a consequence of the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam in April 2025, which claimed 26 lives.
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