{"id":12439,"date":"2026-08-14T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12439"},"modified":"2026-08-14T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:04:07","slug":"in-response-to-pak-pm-sharif-jk-cm-omar-says-iwt-sucked-our-blood-calls-for-its-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12439","title":{"rendered":"In response to Pak PM Sharif, J&K CM Omar says IWT sucked \u2018our blood\u2019, calls for its cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SRINAGAR: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> warned at an event in Islamabad on Friday that Pakistan would take any step to protect its water rights under the Indus Waters Treaty<\/a>, saying \u201cevery single drop\u201d of Pakistan\u2019s water is a \u201cred line\u201d and \u201cIndia must come to the right path\u201d or it would \u201cbe given a direct response\u201d. His comments drew a reaction from Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> chief minister Omar Abdullah who said the treaty has been kept in abeyance and should remain so.\u201cYes, our blood. We have been saying this only, that our blood has been sucked. Thankfully Shehbaz Sharif came to his senses. This (IWT) has sucked the blood out of us. These are our rivers. We have the first right on them,\u201d Omar told reporters here. \u201cFor the sake of saying, Pakistanis say that they are great sympathisers of Kashmiris. But when it comes to water, their sympathy disappears. Where was his sympathy when our permission to use our rivers was taken away from us,\u201d the CM said.\u201cOut of the six rivers, three which belonged to Punjab were kept by India and our three rivers were handed over to Pakistan. From then till today we are suffering the consequences of this Indus Waters Treaty,\u201d Omar said, adding that under the treaty J&K could neither extract drinking water from the Chenab nor use the Jhelum for irrigation or building a barrage at Tulbul. \u201cOur blood has been sucked and now the IWT has been cancelled. This should remain cancelled so that we can use this water properly,\u201d Omar added.The IWT was signed between India and Pakistan in 1960. Under the treaty, India received full rights to use the waters of the three eastern rivers, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, while Pakistan received rights over the three western rivers, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum.<\/p>\n

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