{"id":12221,"date":"2026-08-14T07:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12221"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:23:46","slug":"water-is-our-red-line-shehbaz-sharif-threatens-india-with-direct-response-over-indus-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12221","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Water is our red line&#8217;: Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with &#8216;direct response&#8217; over Indus Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133231649,imgsize-67949,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/shehbaz-sharif-threatens-india.jpg\" alt=\"'Water is our red line': Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with 'direct response' over Indus Treaty\" title=\"Shehbaz Sharif speaking on eve of Pakistan's Independence Day\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Shehbaz Sharif speaking on eve of Pakistan's Independence Day\">Shehbaz Sharif speaking on eve of Pakistan&#8217;s Independence Day<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan has yet again raked up India\u2019s suspension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indus-waters-treaty\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indus Waters Treaty<\/a> (IWT), with its Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shehbaz-sharif\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> threatening a \u201cdirect response\u201d to New Delhi\u2019s move, which came days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pahalgam-terror-attack\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pahalgam terror attack<\/a> in Jammu and Kashmir in April last year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;The Prime Minister said that India has proven itself an enemy of peace by unilaterally and illegally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty. He announced that every drop of Pakistan&#8217;s water is our red line. There will be no compromise on the water issue. If India does not come to the right path, we will give it a direct response,&#8221; the Pakistan Prime Minister&#8217;s Office said in a statement on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Sharif, speaking at an event on the eve of Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day (August 14), sought to portray India as an \u201cenemy of peace\u201d over New Delhi\u2019s decision to keep the IWT in abeyance following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>He said New Delhi had proved itself an \u201cenemy\u201d of peace by putting the treaty in abeyance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>&#8220;India proved itself an enemy of peace by unilaterally and illegally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty. I declare in clear terms that every single drop of Pakistan&#8217;s water is our red line. If India does not come to its senses, it will be responded to directly,&#8221; the Pakistani premier added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The military hostilities ended on May 10 after Islamabad sought a ceasefire following India\u2019s air strikes on multiple Pakistani air bases. The conflict erupted after India&#8217;s Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>New Delhi kept the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance after a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting on April 23, 2025, and asserted that the conditions under which the treaty was negotiated have &#8220;fundamentally changed.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>India has asserted the treaty can no longer function in its present form and will remain in abeyance until Pakistan \u201ccredibly and irrevocably\u201d ends its support for cross-border terrorism.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed in September 1960.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/pakistan\/water-is-our-red-line-shehbaz-sharif-threatens-india-with-direct-response-over-indus-treaty\/articleshow\/133231106.cms\" target=\"_blank\" 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