In what can only be described as a chilling reminder of how deeply intertwined the Pakistani Army is with terrorism, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry – the face of Pakistan’s military propaganda – has now taken a leaf straight out of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handbook. While speaking at a university in Pakistan, Chaudhry thundered, “If you block our water, we will choke your breath.”
Yes, you heard it right. Not a terrorist, but the official spokesperson of Pakistan’s military establishment echoed the very words used by UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed – the man who masterminded the 2008 Mumbai carnage that took 166 innocent lives. A video of Saeed using that exact line is already making rounds on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). No surprise there – when the army and terrorists share both tactics and talking points, it becomes hard to tell them apart.
This verbal diarrhea from the Pakistani military comes in response to India’s bold and long-overdue decision to suspend parts of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) on April 23. The move came just a day after 26 Indian soldiers were martyred in a cowardly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir.
For context: the IWT, signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank, has generously allowed Pakistan access to 80% of Indus system waters – even during war. But clearly, goodwill only flows one way. In return, India gets terror attacks, cross-border infiltration, and radical sermons disguised as diplomacy. So yes, the Modi government finally pulled the plug – quite literally – and it’s about time.
Backing this move, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal minced no words: “Terror and talks can’t coexist. Any future dialogue will only focus on getting back illegally occupied Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir.” And in case Islamabad needed further clarification, he added that the IWT will remain “in abeyance” until Pakistan takes “credible and irreversible” steps to stop nurturing terror networks.
Meanwhile, India has already hit back hard with Operation Sindoor, conducted on May 7, taking out nine terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Not just that, two officials from Pakistan’s High Commission in Delhi were shown the door for “activities inconsistent with their diplomatic status.” One ran away already; the other was given 24 hours to pack up.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sent a strong message from a rally in Rajasthan: “Playing with the blood of Indians will now cost Pakistan heavily… They’ll have to beg for every drop of water.” It’s a clear and final message – this is New India, and we won’t fund Pakistan’s terrorism with our rivers anymore.
Let’s be honest. The Pakistani Army has never been a professional military in the conventional sense. It’s a terror cartel with uniforms, exporting jihad across borders while bankrupting its own country. From nurturing Taliban factions to shielding Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, Pakistan’s generals have been less about defence and more about deceit. So when a man in uniform in Rawalpindi repeats the hate-filled rhetoric of a terrorist, it’s not a coincidence. It’s a confession.
