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Pakistan has gone from issuing nuclear threats to pleading with India for water. Days after its Army Chief Asim Munir warned of nuclear war and Bilawal Bhutto issued a war cry over rivers, Islamabad has urged New Delhi to resume the Indus Water Treaty—suspended by India after the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistan's Foreign Office 'welcomed' a Court of Arbitration interpretation, claiming it supports Pakistan's rights over the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab. But India refuses to recognise the Court's proceedings, standing firm on punitive measures against Pakistan for its alleged terror support. Under the 1960 World Bank-brokered pact, each nation controls specific rivers, but the latest developments have escalated the water-war rhetoric. The contradiction between Pakistan's nuclear chest-thumping and water pleas exposes the deep strategic tensions shaping South Asia's future.#pakistan #india #induswatertreaty #asimmunir #bilawalbhutto #nuclearthreat #watercrisis #indus #geopolitics #breakingnews #trending #trendingnow #toi #bharat #toibharat #indianews
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