Hundreds of Pakistani met Thursday throughout the country, even in Azad Kashmiro, to protest against the threats of retaliation of India after a deadly attack on civilians on Tuesday of Jammu and Kashmir (Iiojk) illegally occupied.
The demonstrations occurred after the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, promised to “pursue and punish” the perpetrators of the assault on Tuesday in Pahalgam, who killed 26 civilians and was the most fatal attack in the region played in more than two decades. Modi accused Pakistan of supporting what he described as “cross -border terrorism.”
“If India wants to go to war, then openly advance,” said Ajmal Baloch, a protester in Lahore, near Wagah’s main border crossing, where some 700 people gathered in a rally organized by a religious political party.
The protests were caused in part by the announcement of India to suspend the Treaty of the Water of the Indo, a critical agreement to handle the rivers shared between the two neighbors with nuclear weapons.
“Water is our right and, if God wants, we will claim it, even if that means through the war,” said 25 -year -old protester Muhammad Owais in Lahore. “We will not go back.”
In Muzaffrabad, the capital of Azad Cashmiro, around 300 protesters marched with banners with anti-india slogans.
“If India makes the mistake of attacking, the Pakistani purse will fight on the first line,” said Shoukat Javed Mir, a main leader of the Popular Party of Pakistan in the region. “We are ready to die for Pakistan.”
In Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, approximately 150 people joined a protest to denounce the rhetoric of India and express solidarity with the puppy.
Meanwhile, the National Security Committee (NSC) of Pakistan warned that any attempt in India to block the flow of water in Pakistan would be treated as an act of war.
The statement followed a high -level NSC meeting on Thursday, which also approved the closure of the Wagah border crossing. The measures were announced in response to a series of aggressive steps given by India.
