Strong enough to get back 6 rivers: Pakistan's Bilawal Bhutto threatens India

New Delhi: The former Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto warned India against suspension of the decades-old Indus Water Treaty following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Bhutto told an event organised by the Culture Department of the government of Sindh on Monday that India had caused Pakistan ‘great damage’ and asked Pakistanis to ‘unite’ against PM Modi.

Bhutto’s warning follows Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir’s nuclear war threat against India that ‘If we think we are going down, we'll take half the world down with us’.

Bhutto was quoted as saying that ‘The actions of the Indian government, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, have caused great damage to Pakistan. It is necessary that we, as a united people, stand together against PM Modi and these aggressions.’

Attacking India further, he said that Pakistan would have ‘no choice’ but to consider a war if India continued to suspend the Indus Water Treaty.

‘You people (Pakistanis) are strong enough for war to get back all six rivers. If India continues on this path, it leaves us with no choice except to consider all options, including the possibility of war, to protect our national interests,’ he was quoted as saying.

In a more belligerent tone, the former foreign minister said that in the event of India carrying out an attack like Operation Sindoor, every province of Pakistan would fight India, adding ‘this is a war that you will definitely lose. We won't bow down’.

Alongside issuing a nuclear war threat against India, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir earlier said that his country would destroy any infrastructure that India builds on the Indus water channels impeding the water flow to Pakistan.

The suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, according to Munir, could leave 250 million people at risk of starvation.