'Pakistan An Irresponsible State With Nuclear Weapons': Govt Sources On Asim Munir's Anti-India Rant
Government sources have condemned Asim Munir's Indus Water Treaty remarks, threatening to destroy Indian dams, calling Pakistan 'an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons.'
Government sources on Monday strongly condemned Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir's recent remarks in the US on the Indus Water Treaty, calling them proof that Pakistan is 'an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons."
They also warned of a 'real danger" of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of non-state actors in Pakistan.
The sources said Munir's statement was part of a pattern, adding that 'whenever the US supports the Pakistan military, they always show their true colours."
They described the comments as symptomatic of the absence of democracy in Pakistan, where 'it is their military which controls."
Repeating his anti-India rhetoric while addressing the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida, Munir had threatened to destroy under-construction Indian dams with missiles, saying, 'We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, phir 10 missile sey faarigh kar dengey (we will destroy it with 10 missiles)."
He added, 'The Indus River is not the Indians' family property. Humein missailon ki kami nahin hai (we have no shortage of missiles)."
Munir, currently on his second visit to Washington since the four-day conflict with India, met senior US political and military leaders during his trip.
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