Pakistan National Assembly passes resolution condemning India, cries foul over suspension of IWT
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 5 (UNI) The Pakistan National Assembly on Monday passed a unanimous resolution condemning India for its tough stance against Islamabad following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Islamabad cried foul over New Delhi's attack on the country's water, heavily criticising suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, the blocking of trade routes to Pakistan, and its attempts at stopping all aid to Islamabad by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, according to Samaa TV.
The resolution, tabled by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, warned India that Pakistan remains fully capable and prepared to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and rejected all "frivolous and baseless attempts" to link Pakistan with the Pahalgam attack.
Separately, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned that India could carry out a military strike at any point along the Line of Control (LoC) as tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours continue to simmer following the Pahalgam attack.
"There are reports that India may strike at any point along the Line of Control (LoC)… New Delhi will be given a befitting reply," Asif said while speaking to journalists in Islamabad.
The April 22 deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam region, which claimed 26 innocent lives, was met by very strong retaliatory moves by India, much to Pakistan's chagrin.
Among the plethora of retaliatory steps that India has taken against Pakistan, the ones of particular concern are the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, blocking of trade routes, and attempts at stopping all aid by global bodies to Islamabad.
A viral video on X (formerly Twitter), shows a Pakistani MP saying that India is no longer interested in any kind of peace talks because it is proud of its defence budget, which is ten times greater than of Islamabad.
The MP said that there is an urgent need to strengthen the country's Armed Forces, and repeated the usual rhetoric of giving a tit-for-tat reply to any Indian aggression. He also noted that the US was not going to intervene in any peace talks which was dangerous for the region as it was basically pushing both countries to a war-like situation.
Speaking about the debilitating morale of the Pakistan Armed Forces, he said that a lot of anti-military statements were being floated on social media inside the country by Pakistanis.
Islamabad has been in panic mode since India's retaliatory steps following the attack.
Accusing New Delhi of engaging in 'hydro-aggression', the country has termed the suspension of the IWT akin to an 'Act of War', and intensified naval drills in the Arabian Sea, engaged in cross-border firing, and is desperately seeking international assistance in de-escalating the situation, even as New Delhi has refused to engage in any dialogue whatsoever, and upped the ante.
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