MQM-P condemns India's actions
India's water terrorism has exposed it as a threat to regional peace, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan said urging world powers to take notice of atrocities in the illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
MQM-P Chairman Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, along with senior central leaders including Dr. Farooq Sattar, Nasreen Jalil, Anees Qaimkhani, and Syed Amin-ul-Haq, held a press conference at the party's Bahadurabad center.
Addressing the media, Dr. Siddiqui stated that present-day India is a religiously fanatic state, a reality now evident to the world. He asserted that India poses a threat not only to the region but also to global peace and security.
Condemning India's water aggression, Dr. Siddiqui stated that the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, is an international agreement that the Modi government does not have the authority to unilaterally terminate.
He affirmed the entire nation's support for the decisions of Pakistan's National Security Committee and lauded the Pakistan Armed Forces as the guardians of the country's internal and external security.
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