Shehbaz
Sha if
speaki g
o
eve
of
Pakista ‘s
I depe de ce
Day
Pakista
has
yet
agai
aked
up
I dia’s
suspe sio
of
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty
(IWT),
with
its
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if
th eate i g
a
“di ect
espo se”
to
New
Delhi’s
move,
which
came
days
afte
the
Pahalgam
te o
attack
i
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
i
Ap il
last
yea .”The
P ime
Mi iste
said
that
I dia
has
p ove
itself
a
e emy
of
peace
by
u ilate ally
a d
illegally
suspe di g
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty.
He
a ou ced
that
eve y
d op
of
Pakista ‘s
wate
is
ou
ed
li e.
The e
will
be
o
comp omise
o
the
wate
issue.
If
I dia
does
ot
come
to
the
ight
path,
we
will
give
it
a
di ect
espo se,”
the
Pakista
P ime
Mi iste ‘s
Office
said
i
a
stateme t
o
X.
Sha if,
speaki g
at
a
eve t
o
the
eve
of
Pakista ’s
I depe de ce
Day
(August
14),
sought
to
po t ay
I dia
as
a
“e emy
of
peace”
ove
New
Delhi’s
decisio
to
keep
the
IWT
i
abeya ce
followi g
the
Ap il
22
Pahalgam
te o
attack,
i
which
26
civilia s
we e
killed.He
said
New
Delhi
had
p oved
itself
a
“e emy”
of
peace
by
putti g
the
t eaty
i
abeya ce.”I dia
p oved
itself
a
e emy
of
peace
by
u ilate ally
a d
illegally
suspe di g
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty.
I
decla e
i
clea
te ms
that
eve y
si gle
d op
of
Pakista ‘s
wate
is
ou
ed
li e.
If
I dia
does
ot
come
to
its
se ses,
it
will
be
espo ded
to
di ectly,”
the
Pakista i
p emie
added.The
milita y
hostilities
e ded
o
May
10
afte
Islamabad
sought
a
ceasefi e
followi g
I dia’s
ai
st ikes
o
multiple
Pakista i
ai
bases.
The
co flict
e upted
afte
I dia’s
Ope atio
Si doo
i
etaliatio
fo
the
Pahalgam
attack.New
Delhi
kept
the
I dus
Wate s
T eaty
i
abeya ce
afte
a
Cabi et
Committee
o
Secu ity
(CCS)
meeti g
o
Ap il
23,
2025,
a d
asse ted
that
the
co ditio s
u de
which
the
t eaty
was
egotiated
have
“fu dame tally
cha ged.”I dia
has
asse ted
the
t eaty
ca
o
lo ge
fu ctio
i
its
p ese t
fo m
a d
will
emai
i
abeya ce
u til
Pakista
“c edibly
a d
i evocably”
e ds
its
suppo t
fo
c oss-bo de
te o ism.The
I dus
Wate s
T eaty
(IWT)
was
sig ed
i
Septembe
1960.