Blood will flow if India stops river water, says Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan Peoples Party PPP Chairman Bilawal BhuttoZardari has threatened that blood would flow in rivers if water is stopped in a sharp response to Indias decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty IWT after the Pahalgam terror attackThe Indus is ours and will remain ours either our water will flow through it or their blood the former foreign minister was quoted as saying by The News on Friday while addressing a public rally in the Sukkur area of his home Sindh provinceThe Indus flows through the province and the Indus Valley Civilisation city of MohenjoDaro flourished on its banks And Bilawal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed India is heir to a civilisation thousands of years old But that civilisation lies in Mohenjodaro in Larkana We are its true custodians and we will defend itBilawal said that Modi cannot sever the aeonsold bond between the people of Sindh and the Indus adding that the Indian government has cast its eyes on Pakistans water and the situation demands unity among all four provinces to defend and protect their waterHe said that neither the people of Pakistan nor the international community would tolerate Modis warmongering or any attempts to divert the Indus waters away from PakistanWe will send a message to the world that robbery on the Sindhu wont be acceptedThe PPP chairman urged his supporters to prepare for a resolute struggle to defend their river from Indian aggressionBilawal who has also served as Pakistans youngest foreign minister said the country and its people condemned the recent terrorist attack in India because Pakistanis themselves remain victims of terrorismIndia on Wednesday downgraded diplomatic ties with Islamabad That call was taken by India after the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday that killed 26 people mostly touristsThe Resistance Front TRF a proxy of the banned Pakistanbased LashkareTaiba claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attackIn response to Indias decision to suspend the IWT Pakistan on Thursday threatened to suspend the Simla Agreement and put other bilateral accords with India on hold Pakistan also suspended all trade closed its airspace for Indian airlines and said any attempt to divert the water meant for it under the Indus Water Treaty will be considered an Act of WarThe Simla Agreement was signed in 1972 The treaty signed in Shimla was inked by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Bilawals grandfatherAlso the PPP chairman announced on Friday that the federal government has now agreed to subject the construction of the controversial six new canals to consensus among all provincesI want to share that the federal government has decided that no new canals will be built without consensus in the CCI Council of Common Interests he saidCCI is a highpowered interprovincial body to tackle controversies between provincesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params