Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif , while speaking at the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday, accused India of violating the Indus Waters Treaty by putting it on hold.

“India’s unilateral and illegal attempt to hold the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance defies the provisions of the treaty itself as well as the norms of International law,” Sharif said.

Adding to that he mentioned that, “Pakistan has made it abundantly clear that we will defend the inseparable right of our people on these waters. To us, any violation of the treaty represents an act of war”.

India suspended the treaty as part of its counter-measures against Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack , in which 26 people were killed.

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