Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has issued a stark warning, asserting that a nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India is a “reality” if New Delhi proceeds with its threats to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). He labeled such actions as “water terrorism” and an act of war, demanding their immediate retraction.
Zardari was referring to India’s unilateral suspension of the IWT following the militant attack on April 22 in the Pahalgam area of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Speaking at a press conference at the Pakistan High Commission at the conclusion of his two-day tour of London, he stated, “India and Pakistan are bound by the terms of IWT… India will have to take back and withdraw its threat.” He cautioned that Pakistan might take more aggressive measures if India constructs new canals or dams on the three rivers within its territory. “Were they to act on it, Pakistan has been very clear: we’d consider that an act of war,” he added.
Bilawal, leading a parliamentary delegation touring world capitals to garner support for Pakistan amidst recent confrontations with India, commended the Pakistan military for making the entire nation proud.
“We are proud that the Pakistan army won the war against India under the leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir. His promotion is his recognition. Pakistan Army proved that it can beat India, both at the military and the diplomatic front.”
“We have shown and established our military strength. India’s war was based on lies and its whole narrative was based on falsehood. Now the whole world recognises this fact,” he further elaborated.
Moreover, the PPP chief asserted that India is involved in transnational repression. He claimed that Canadian and Western intelligence services, including the US government, possess evidence of India’s involvement in terrorism on Western soil.
He cited the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and an assassination attempt on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) leader, on US soil.
Bilawal observed that after the Pahalgam attack, the Western world did not side with India because it recognizes that India is engaged in terrorism beyond its borders, its neighborhood, and the region, and is even striking within Western countries.
He condemned Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar for threatening to “strike deep inside Pakistan.” “Jaishankar speaks like a warmonger and not a diplomat. The real problem is extremism in the Indian government. It’s ironic that Modi is running a government whose reputation speaks for itself,” he added.
“Indian role in targeting Sikhs stands exposed before the world. India is a terrorist state, threatening missile strikes on Pakistan without any proof. It’s not a display of strength but a dangerous sign of regional instability, the word must ask who is war mongering here,” he reiterated.
To this day, Bilawal noted, India has been unable to provide any identification of the so-called terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack. “The truth is India knows Pakistan has nothing to do with this attack, this is what they are hiding from its people. The Pahalgam attack was India’s intelligence failure. India has gone mad and is pursuing its strategy of war mongering but it will fail.”
He also welcomed President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate between India and Pakistan. He expressed Pakistan’s gratitude for the US government’s pragmatic approach and its offer to mediate. “India wants to sabotage Trump’s peace efforts,” he remarked.
Bilawal thanked President Trump for internationalizing the issue of occupied Kashmir. “Kashmir is not a bilateral issue but an international issue and India is forced to address it. India accepts the issue has gone global.”
He stated that Pakistan had previously presented a comprehensive dossier to the world on Indian involvement in terrorism and that a new dossier for the international community would be presented soon to expose the true face of Indian terrorism to the world.
