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Government sources have condemned Asim Munir’s Indus Water Treaty remarks and his threats to destroy Indian dams, calling Pakistan “an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons.”
Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir (Photo: AP)
Government sources on Monday strongly condemned Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s recent remarks in the US on the Indus Water Treaty, calling them proof that Pakistan is “an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons.”
They also warned of a “real danger” of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of non-state actors in Pakistan.
The sources said Munir’s statement was part of a pattern, adding that “whenever the US supports the Pakistan military, they always show their true colours.”
They described the comments as symptomatic of the absence of democracy in Pakistan, where “it is their military which controls.”
Repeating his anti-India rhetoric while addressing the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida, Munir had threatened to destroy under-construction Indian dams with missiles, saying, “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, Phir 10 Missile Sey Faarigh Kar Dengey (we will destroy it with 10 missiles).”
He added, “The Indus River is not the Indians’ family property. Humein missailon ki kami nahin hai (we have no shortage of missiles).”
He also said that Kashmir is the “jugular vein” of Pakistan.
According to highlights of his speech to the Pakistani community, Munir said Kashmir is “not an internal matter of India but an incomplete international agenda. As the Quaid-e-Azam had said, Kashmir is the ‘jugular vein’ of Pakistan.”
Munir said his second visit to the US after a gap of one and a half months marks a new dimension in Pakistan-US relations.
He added that the aim of these visits is to take the relations on a constructive, sustainable and positive path.
Munir also said that Pakistan is extremely grateful to Trump, whose strategic leadership has stopped the war between India and Pakistan as well as prevented many other wars around the world.
New Delhi has been maintaining that India and Pakistan halted their military actions following direct talks between their militaries without any mediation by the US.
Earlier, too, Munir had said Pakistan will not forget the issue of Kashmir, asserting, “It was our jugular vein.” His comments were trashed by India.
“How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said.
In his address, Munir said Pakistan responded “resolutely and forcefully” during the recent conflict with India and Islamabad made it clear that any Indian aggression will be met with a “befitting reply”.
Munir, currently on his second visit to Washington since the four-day conflict with India, met senior US political and military leaders during his trip.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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