Pakistan Minister threatens India with nuclear retaliation over suspension of Indus Waters Treaty
New Delhi: Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan’s Minister Hanif Abbasi issued a provocative threat of nuclear retaliation, warning that the country’s nuclear arsenal is aimed directly at India. Abbasi’s remarks came after India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, a decades-old water-sharing agreement, in response to the terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
Abbasi claimed that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, which includes Ghori, Shaheen, and Ghaznavi missiles, is aimed at India, and emphasized that the country's 130 nuclear warheads are "not for show." He warned that India should be prepared for a "full-scale war" if it attempts to block water supplies from the Indus River. "Nobody knows where we have placed our nuclear weapons across the country," Abbasi stated. "All of them are targeted at you."
The controversial comments were made in the wake of India's decision to revoke Pakistani visas and suspend the Indus Waters Treaty as part of its response to the attack in Pahalgam. This move by India has drawn strong reactions from Pakistan, with Abbasi mocking India’s trade and water suspension policies, comparing them to Pakistan’s closure of airspace to Indian flights in the past, which caused significant disruption to Indian airlines.
In a related development, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif fueled further controversy with comments about Pakistan's historical support for militant groups. In a recent interview, Asif acknowledged that Pakistan had, for decades, supported militant organizations at the behest of Western powers. However, he denied current involvement with groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba or The Resistance Front, the group blamed for the Pahalgam attack, accusing India of "staging" the incident to stir regional tensions.
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Five arrested in Kerala's Walayar for beating to death Jharkhand native
Palakkad (Kerala) (PTI): Five people have been arrested for allegedly beating to death a Jharkhand native on suspicion of theft near Walayar here a day ago, police said on Friday.
The arrests were formally recorded late Thursday night and all the accused have been booked for the offence of murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, an officer of Walayar police station said.
The deceased -- Ramnarayan Bhayar (31) -- was working as a labourer in the Walayar area.
According to police, Bhayar was attacked by a group of men on Wednesday evening, alleging that he was involved in a theft at Kizhakeattappallam near Walayar.
As per the FIR, the incident occurred before 7.40 pm, and the injured Bhayar was rushed to the Palakkad District Government Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Police said a detailed investigation was underway to ascertain the sequence of events leading to the incident.
