At UNGA, Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif says Indus water diversion ‘will be treated as act of war’
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared at the United Nations General Assembly that any attempt to obstruct or divert the flow of water from the Indus River would be considered an act of war. This vehement stance came months after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack, a measure Sharif dismissed as having no legal foundation.
Sharif recounted the four-day military clash between India and Pakistan last year, attributing the averted global conflict to former US President Donald Trump's timely intervention. He reiterated Pakistan's right to self-defence under the United Nations Charter, following India's alleged false pretext for aggression. Sharif called for a UN-mandated plebiscite on Kashmir and accused India of stoking religious strife.
His remarks drew a silent but unmistakable display of disagreement from an Indian diplomat, R. Srinivas, who later shook his head in apparent disapproval.
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