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Pakistan has reacted to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing the hijab of a female doctor. PAK Foreign Ministry has termed removing hijab as wrong.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said in a press briefing that it is very wrong for a senior leader to forcibly remove the hijab of a Muslim woman. Hatred against the Muslim community is increasing in India.
Andrabi alleged that such incidents risk normalizing the humiliation of Muslim women in India. It also promotes intolerance towards Muslims.
On Monday, while distributing appointment letters to AYUSH doctors in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked female doctor Nusrat about her hijab and later removed her hijab himself.
Pakistani don threatened Nitish Kumar
Pakistani don Shahzad Bhatti has released the video and threatened Nitish Kumar. Bhatti said that Nitish Kumar should apologize publicly, otherwise no warning was given not to say this later. A case has been registered against Shahzad in the cyber police station of Patna.
Shehzad Bhatti recently came into limelight by threatening notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Stating that the furnace was a threat to his life, Lawrence’s brother Anmol Bishnoi, lodged in Tihar Jail, had also demanded a bulletproof jacket and car from the Delhi court.
Pakistan’s allegation – India released water into Chenab without warning
Pakistan has accused India of releasing water into the Chenab river without any prior notice. Islamabad has called it a direct violation of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). Due to this, the risk of flood in low-lying areas has increased.
Spokesperson Andrabi said that sudden and unusual changes are being seen in the water level of Chenab river since December. According to him, the sudden release of water by India caused sharp fluctuations in the flow of the river, about which no information was given earlier.
Andrabi said that under the Indus Water Treaty, it is mandatory to give prior notice of any step related to shared rivers, but India did not follow this rule. Describing it as against international law, he said that such steps are a threat to regional peace and stability.
Pakistan has demanded the international community to take cognizance of the matter and hold India accountable for treaty violations.
Wrote a letter to India asking for a reply
Pakistan has written a letter to India regarding the sudden release of water from Chenab river. In this letter, clarification has been sought from India. Andrabi said the 1960 Indus Water Treaty is a binding international agreement, which has so far been the basis of peace and stability in the region.
Andrabi said that tampering with river water during the crucial period of farming is a direct threat to the lives, livelihood, food security and economic security of the people of Pakistan.
India had suspended the 65-year-old Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan on April 24, a day after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. 26 people were killed in this terrorist attack.
What is Indus water agreement
There are a total of 6 rivers in the Indus river system – Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. The area along their banks is spread over about 11.2 lakh square kilometers.
Of this, 47% land is in Pakistan, 39% land is in India, 8% land is in China and 6% land is in Afghanistan. About 30 crore people from all these countries live in these areas.
Even before the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the dispute over sharing of river water had started between Punjab of India and Sindh province of Pakistan.
In 1947, ‘Standstill Agreement’ was signed between the engineers of India and Pakistan. Under this, Pakistan continued to get water from two main canals. This agreement lasted till 31 March 1948.
When the agreement was no longer in force on April 1, 1948, India stopped the water of both the canals. Due to this, farming on 17 lakh acres of land in Punjab province of Pakistan was ruined. In the renewed agreement, India agreed to provide water.
After this, from 1951 to 1960, negotiations regarding water sharing between India and Pakistan continued under the mediation of the World Bank and finally on 19 September 1960, an agreement was signed in Karachi between the then PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru and the President of Pakistan Ayub Khan. It is called Indus Water Treaty or Indus Water Treaty.
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