Shehbaz Sharif Issues Fresh Warning To India Over Indust Waters Treaty: ‘Every Drop Is A Red Line’

Pakista
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if
has
o ce
agai
wa ed
I dia
agai st
a y
move
that
could
affect
Islamabad& squo;s
wate
ights
u de
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty,
decla i g
that
“eve y
si gle
d op& dquo;
of
Pakista & squo;s
wate
is
a
ed
li e.

Add essi g
a
eve t
i
Islamabad
o
Thu sday,
Sha if
said
Pakista
wa ted
peace
but
would
espo d
st o gly
to
a y
challe ge
to
its
sove eig ty.
He
also
claimed
that
Pakista
had
“defeated& dquo;
I dia
du i g
the
May
2025
co flict
a d
wa ed
that
a y
futu e
co f o tatio
would
d aw
a
eve
st o ge
espo se.

Sha if& squo;s
ema ks
come
amid
co ti ui g
te sio s
betwee
New
Delhi
a d
Islamabad
ove
Kashmi ,
wate -sha i g
a a geme ts
a d
the
afte math
of
the
May
2025
milita y
co f o tatio .

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‘Pakista i
A my,
Leave
PoK& squo;:
Call
G ows
Loude
As
P otests
Co ti ue

Sha if
P aises
T ump
Fo
May
2025
Ceasefi e

The
Pakista
p ime
mi iste
also
p aised
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
fo
his
ole
i
facilitati g
the
ceasefi e
betwee
I dia
a d
Pakista
i
May
2025.

T ump
a ou ced
o
May
10,
2025,
that
I dia
a d
Pakista
had
ag eed
to
a
“immediate
ceasefi e& dquo;
followi g
diplomatic
e gageme t.
Sha if
late
tha ked
T ump
fo
what
he
desc ibed
as
his
“leade ship
a d
p oactive
ole& dquo;,
while
exp essi g
app eciatio
fo
Washi gto & squo;s
effo ts.

I dia,
howeve ,
has
co siste tly
mai tai ed
that
the
ceasefi e
was
eached
th ough
di ect
commu icatio
betwee
the
two
cou t ies.
New
Delhi
has
ejected
the
suggestio
that
the
ag eeme t
esulted
f om
thi d-pa ty
mediatio .

Kashmi
A d
Wate
Remai
At
Ce t e
Of
Te sio s

Sha if
also
eite ated
Pakista & squo;s
positio
o
Kashmi ,
li ki g
the
issue
to
Islamabad& squo;s
b oade
te sio s
with
New
Delhi.
His
comme ts
agai
b ought
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty
i to
focus
as
a
majo
sou ce
of
f ictio
betwee
the
two
eighbou s.

Wa i g
agai st
a y
attempt
to
est ict
Pakista & squo;s
wate
supplies,
Sha if
said
Islamabad
would
ot
accept
actio
that
dep ived
the
cou t y
of
its
wate .
The
t eaty
has
emai ed
u de
i te se
sc uti y
si ce
I dia
a ou ced
i
Ap il
2025
that
it
was
holdi g
the
ag eeme t
i
abeya ce
followi g
the
Pahalgam
te o
attack.

Pakista
has
co ti ued
to
a gue
that
the
t eaty
emai s
legally
bi di g
a d
has
epeatedly
aised
the
matte
at
i te atio al
fo ums.

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Assassi atio
Th eats:
US
Could
Not
Co fi m
Is aeli
Claims
of
I a
Plots,
Says
Repo t

What
Is
The
I dus
Wate s
T eaty?

The
I dus
Wate s
T eaty,
sig ed
by
I dia
a d
Pakista ,
gove s
the
sha i g
of
the
six
ive s
fo mi g
the
I dus
Basi .
U de
the
a a geme t,
I dia
has
ights
ove
the
th ee
easte
ive s,
the
Sutlej,
Beas
a d
Ravi.

Pakista
was
allocated
ights
ove
the
th ee
weste
ive s,
the
I dus,
Jhelum
a d
Che ab.
The
t eaty
has
histo ically
bee
viewed
as
o e
of
the
key
ag eeme ts
gove i g
wate
elatio s
betwee
the
two
cou t ies,
eve
du i g
pe iods
of
heighte ed
political
a d
milita y
te sio s.

Sha if& squo;s
latest
wa i g
u de sco es
the
exte t
to
which
wate
has
become
i te twi ed
with
the
wide
I dia-Pakista
dispute,
pa ticula ly
amid
co ti ui g
disag eeme ts
ove
Kashmi
a d
the
status
of
the
t eaty.

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