Can India afford to ignore Pakistan's repeated threats? Experts debate on Gaurav Sawant's show
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, "I want to tell the enemy today that if you threaten to hold our water, then keep this in mind that you cannot snatch even one drop of Pakistan.' A day earlier, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari termed the IWT's suspension an attack on the Indus Valley Civilisation and said the nation would not back down if New Delhi forced it into war. There's a clear pattern to these threats that are emerging from Pakistan. So, can India afford to ignore these repeated Pakistani threats and has US President Donald Trump sacrificed the India-US strategic partnership at the altar of a cryptocurrency deal with Pakistan or to regain a toehold in the region to keep an eye on Iran or is there another game at play here? Watch as experts discuss these and more on the show.
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