Shameless Pakistan pleads UN on Indus Waters Treaty, Bilawal Bhutto says, 'threat to cut off the water supply of 200 million people is...'
Shameless Pakistan pleads UN on Indus Waters Treaty, Bilawal Bhutto says, 'threat to cut off the water supply of 200 million people is...'
PPP chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari reiterated Pakistan's stance on India's move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and said it is an attempt to 'weaponise water'. Following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, New Delhi, among other punitive actions, announced the suspension of the 1960 IWT accord, which governs water sharing between India and Pakistan.
'The mere threat to cut off the water supply of 200 million people is a violation of the UN Charter. Acting on this threat will be seen as an act of war by Pakistan,' Bhutto-Zardari said.
On terrorism
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that cooperation between Pakistan and India's intelligence agencies could significantly reduce terrorism in South Asia.
'I am completely confident that if ISI and RAW were ready to sit down and work together to fight these forces, we would see a significant decrease in terrorism in both India and Pakistan,' Bhutto-Zardari was quoted as saying by the newspaper on Wednesday.
He also urged the global community to remain engaged in South Asia, warning that the risk of conflict between nuclear-armed neighbours had grown, not diminished, after the recent ceasefire.
'With the intervention of the international community — and I would like to mention particularly the role played by the US President Donald Trump and his team led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio — we did manage to achieve a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. This is a welcome first step, but it's only a first step,' Bhutto-Zardari said.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, with India carrying out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of May 7.
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