Pakistan has once again threatened India over the deal, one week after Islamabad’s “war” statement on the Indus water. Pakistan’s climate change minister, Musadik Malik, reportedly threatened Islamabad with “cutting off those hands” if they attempted to control the Indus water during a press conference.
The prime minister of a neighboring nation is in charge of a tap. According to Dawn, Malik asserted, “He says he will not let even a drop of water flow into Pakistan.” Clips of Malik’s remarks appeared online and in a number of Pakistani news sites.
Malik’s comments coincide with Pakistan’s threat to “go to war” over the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which New Delhi has put on hold since April 2025. Tensions between the two nations escalated last year following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives.
“We will go to war with India as soon as we perceive a threat to our national security, which includes water.” Definitely,” Khawaja Asif, Pakistan’s minister of defense, stated earlier this month in an interview with ARY news.
He added that if Pakistan discovers proof that India has been operating at a “alarming speed” to cut off the water supply, military action may be taken.
Desperate attempts to hide its own shortcomings
India responded to Asif’s comments by claiming that Islamabad was trying to “cover up its own failings” and reaffirmed its decision to put the IWT on hold.
We have seen stories on the remarks made by the Pakistani Defense Minister. Pakistan is making desperate attempts to hide its own shortcomings and deflect attention from its violations of human rights. During a weekly press briefing, Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for the ministry of external affairs, stated, “We categorically reject these fabricated claims with the contempt they deserve.” India has maintained its stance on the suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, having previously said that its choice will be “unchanged.”
According to New Delhi, the treaty will continue to be suspended until Pakistan takes real, tangible steps to destroy its infrastructure for cross-border terrorism. Although Pakistan is allowed to use 80% of the Indus water basin for agricultural purposes under the World Bank-brokered pact, the nation’s current inability to manage these resources has left its farmlands vulnerable.
