Islamabad:
The senators fired Friday in India for their attempts to unilaterally suspend the Treaty of the Water of the Indo (IWT), warning that such provocation would cross a red line and could trigger legal, diplomatic and even military reprisals according to international law.
Taking the floor during a session of the Senate chaired by Senator Irfan Siddiqui in the Parliament of the House of Representatives, the parliamentary leader of PTI, the lawyer Ali Zafar, said that India had no legal motives to plug the Treaty of decades.
He warned that manipulating water flow was equivalent to a declaration of war.
The legal expert cited international law, including article 51 of the UN Charter and articles 54 and 49 of the Geneva Convention, saying that the provisions leave no room for maneuver.
Pakistan reserves the right to respond with all its strength on all fronts if India dares to stop even a single fall, he added.
He then warned that if India violated the treaty, Pakistan had the legal right to destroy Indian dams with missiles or disable their functionality through military force.
“International law says that if India blocks even a single drop of water, Pakistan can hit their prey with missiles.”
“Article 12 (4) of the Indo Water Treaty clearly establishes that unilateral changes cannot be made. If alterations are necessary, both countries must negotiate and celebrate a new agreement,” added Zafar.
He also recalled the past violations of India, including the construction of the Kishanganga dam, where Pakistan approached the international court too late. “We are a lower riverside state. International law says that lower riverside states have an inalienable right to water. Degning that the right can be counteracted by any necessary measure to preserve the treaty.”
Zafar pointed out that Pakistan built one of the world’s largest channel systems under the IWT and that any attempt of India to interrupt him shows his lack of reliability and contempt for international commitments.
“The moment is Maduro to expose the actions of India to the world,” said the leader of PTI.
“When we previously sought international arbitration, India used statements from our own ministers against us. Now, terrorism alleges as a pretext to suspend the treaty.”
“If we do not resolve this water crisis, hunger hunger people. This is larger than politics,” said the PTI leader.
PTI’s senator, Dr. Humayun Mohmand, compared the actions of India with a hostile neighbor cutting the water. “If someone blocks the water from their adjacent house, persuade them to open it or open it yourself,” he said.
“India only understands the language of force.”
He dismissed the statements of the Minister of Finance of Pakistan minimizing the immediate impact of India’s actions. “If Modi was worried about international standards, he wouldn’t be doing this,” he said. “Land hoarders only understand that a Kalashnikov pressed their temple.”
Senator Jui-F Kamran Murtaza also criticized the long-standing behavior of India. “India has always created water -related problems for us,” he said.
He emphasized the need for a Senate committee that understands members of all parties to examine the issue thoroughly and advise the government accordingly.
