Bilawal warns India of grave consequences for using water as a weapon

Chairman Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stated that India is violating the Indus Waters Treaty and using water as a strategic weapon against Pakistan. 

"Will future generations be forced to fight over water? This is a tragic path," he said while addressing the media in Islamabad.

“If there is a war between nuclear-armed nations, the consequences will not be limited to Pakistan alone,” he added. 

Following a week-long conflict between two nuclear-armed neighbours, Pakistan has constituted a committee to intensify its diplomatic counter-offensive against what it calls Indian propaganda, with the PPP Chairman warning that India's alleged weaponisation of water resources and rising aggression could have catastrophic consequences for the region and beyond.

Bhutto Zardari stressed that Pakistan’s message to the world is one of peace.

“We seek regional stability and global cooperation, not confrontation,” he added, while criticising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for what he described as “baseless allegations” against Pakistan. 

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He also reiterated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for an impartial international investigation into the Pahalgam incident.

The diplomatic committee, formed jointly by the Prime Minister and PPP leadership, has been tasked with launching a global campaign to counter India’s narrative and raise awareness about what Pakistan calls India’s violations of international treaties and human rights.

Committee member and federal minister Mussaddiq Malik echoed these concerns, saying that India was trying to create a “new normal” by levelling accusations without evidence.

“We have buried the politics of baseless allegations. We are peace-loving people, but if we are provoked, our response will be far stronger than what has been witnessed recently,” he warned.

He also accused India of targeting civilians in recent hostilities and mocked India’s reliance on its Rafale fighter jets. “They spoke of Rafale like a game-changer, but we saw those jets fall from the skies like birds,” Malik said.