Pakistan warns India: Halting water flow would be 'act of war'

Islamabad follows New Delhi with border closures after Kashmir militant strike

20250424 Protesters in Lahore

Protesters raise their hands during an anti-India protest in Lahore on April 24. © AFP/Jiji

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- A day after India unilaterally suspended a bilateral water-sharing treaty and downgraded diplomatic relations following a deadly terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir, Pakistan on Thursday announced countermeasures similar to New Delhi's and stressed that the country would consider any changes in the flow of water "an act of war" and respond with force.

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