Frustrated over suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan PM issues void threat to India, Shehbaz Sharif says…, Asim Munir plans to…

A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 in "abeyance".

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Published: August 13, 2025, 9:06 AM IST

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

New Delhi: It appears that bankrupt Pakistan has still not learned its lesson. After Army Chief Asim Munir and Khawaja Asif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has spewed venom against India and issued a threat over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. PM Sharif on Tuesday said India would not be allowed to snatch “even one drop” of water belonging to Pakistan.

Pakistan has repeatedly warned that any interference to stop the water would be treated as an act of war.

“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,” Prime Minister Sharif said while addressing a ceremony. He warned that if India attempted such an act, “you will be again taught such a lesson that you will be left holding your ears.”

A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 in “abeyance”.

Here are some of the important updates:

• Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari termed the IWT’s suspension an attack on the Indus Valley Civilisation
• He said the nation would not back down if New Delhi forced it into war.
• In an address to the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida, Army Chief Asim Munir reportedly said Islamabad would destroy any dam if it cut off water flow to Pakistan.
• We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
• The Indus River is not the Indians’ family property. We have no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
• India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

General Munir also issued a threat

During his visit to the United States last week, Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir addressed Pakistani expatriates in Tampa, Florida. On this occasion, Munir said that if India builds dams to disrupt water supply, Pakistan will destroy them with missiles.

He added that Pakistan has no shortage of missiles. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also spewed venom, stating that the next war will not be fought on the border but inside India.