New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, a Pakistani minister openly threatened nuclear retaliation in response to India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty and revoke Pakistani visas following the Pahalgam terror attack. Speaking in a provocative address, Pakistan's Hanif Abbasi warned that the country’s nuclear arsenal, including Ghori, Shaheen, and Ghaznavi missiles, is aimed squarely at India.
Abbasi declared that Pakistan's 130 nuclear warheads are "not for show" and warned that India must be prepared for a "full-scale war" if it attempts to block water supplies. "Nobody knows where we have placed our nuclear weapons across the country," he said. "All of them are targeted at you."
'Retaliation' Warning Over Indus Waters Treaty Suspension
Abbasi’s remarks came after India’s tough measures in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, where 26 people were killed. India’s move to suspend the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, seen as a foundational water-sharing agreement, triggered furious reactions from Islamabad.
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Mocking New Delhi’s trade and water suspension moves, Abbasi pointed to Pakistan’s previous closure of its airspace to Indian flights, claiming it had pushed Indian airlines toward chaos within just two days. "If this continued for another 10 days, the airlines in India would have gone bankrupt," he said.
Abbasi also accused India of using Pakistan as a scapegoat for its internal security failures and warned that Islamabad was prepared for any economic or strategic fallout.
Pakistan Defence Minister Admits Past Role in Terror Activities
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif added fuel to the controversy with startling admissions and counterclaims. In a recent interview, Asif acknowledged that Pakistan had supported militant groups for decades, acting at the behest of Western powers.
"We have been doing this dirty work for the US and Britain for three decades," he said.
However, Asif insisted that Pakistan had moved on and denied any current involvement with groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba or The Resistance Front, the outfit blamed for the Pahalgam attack. He also accused India of "staging" the attack to whip up regional tensions.
