Rawalpindi: Director General (DG) Inter -Service Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry shortly will hold a presser.
Federal Secretary Interior Khurram Anwer will also accompany the DG ISPR.
Earlier in his interview with Al Jazeera, the DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has dismissed the notion that India could block Pakistan’s water supply as “insane thinking”.
The spokesperson of armed forces said, “Only a mad person can think that India can stop Pakistan’s water. It is not possible to cut off water for 240 million people.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights. The statement came a month after a deadly attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) led New Delhi to suspend a key river water-sharing treaty between the neighbours.
Responding to the comment, DG ISPR pointed out that six rivers originate from the Kashmir region and that, under United Nations resolutions, Kashmir remains a disputed territory.
“If the people of Kashmir decide to join Pakistan, all those rivers will belong to us, making India a lower riparian state,” he explained. “At that point, it will be for Pakistan to decide how to deal with that situation.”
Lt Gen Chaudhry emphasised the unity and resilience of the Pakistani people. “If you go into the streets and cities of Pakistan, you will find the answer written on the faces of the people,” he said, adding that the conflict is not just political or military, but a battle of truth and principle.
Calling Pakistan’s Marka-e-Haq a “a just struggle,” the military spokesperson said Pakistan has exposed falsehoods, deception, coercion, and Indian aggression. He referenced the events following the Pahalgam incident, stating that India constructed a fabricated narrative.
“In response, Pakistan made one simple demand: if you have evidence, bring it forward,” he said. “If there is any proof connecting a Pakistani citizen or the state to the incident, present it — not just to us, but to the international community or a neutral and trusted third party, so that transparent investigations can take place.”
He noted that India has failed to respond to this demand. “India had no answer then, and it still has none,” he said, adding that just days ago, India’s Ministry of External Affairs admitted the investigation was ongoing.
Commenting on India’s actions on May 6 and 7, Lt Gen Chaudhry said, “They do not have any moral justification for what they did.” He criticised India’s handling of the situation, saying the world witnessed how the Indian media and state spread falsehoods in the information war.
