Pakistan Ambassador To Russia Warns Of nuclear Retaliation If India Attacks
Islamabad, Pakistan: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the latter’s ambassador to Russia has warned that Islamabad could use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, if India disrupts its water supply or carries out attacks against it.
After the April 23 Pahalgam terror attack left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead in Jammu and Kashmir, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), as a retaliatory measure, disrupting water supply to Pakistan. Pakistan had declared India’s suspension of the treaty as an act of war.
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The latest provocative comment from Pakistan was made on Saturday. While speaking to Russian broadcaster RT, the Pakistani diplomat in Moscow, Muhammad Khalid Jamali, echoed concerns raised by other leaders that it has intelligence suggesting that India is planning military strikes on Pakistani territory. He said that some leaked documents revealed that certain areas of Pakistan would be struck, which would be imminent.
“We in Pakistan will use the full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear. “Any attempt to usurp the water of the lower riparian, or to stop it, or to divert it would be an act of war against Pakistan and would be responded to with full force of power, including the full spectrum of power,” the diplomat said.
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On Friday, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had said that Islamabad would target any infrastructure India builds on the Indus River in violation of the treaty. “Certainly, if they attempt to build any kind of structure, we will strike it,” the Pakistani minister said, pointing out that aggression is not just about firing cannons or bullets, but acts that could lead to deaths due to thirst and hunger.
Following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, India has accused Pakistan of harboring and supporting terror groups who orchestrated the attack. However, Islamabad has denied their involvement in the gruesome incident, and stated that it is ready to cooperate with any investigations by an international body into the terror attack.
