PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday that politicisation of water by violating the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was a form of "hybrid warfare" and if continued, the future generations would be at war over water.
Talking to the media just days after Pakistan and India agreed to a ceasefire following intense drone and missile exchanges, the PPP chief warned that India's assertion of 'new normal' in cross-border conflicts risked damaging regional peace and stability, especially between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
He chided Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks regarding Operation Sindoor setting a new standard. Bilawal noted that Pakistan acted with restraint and had only exercised its right to self-defence. "The international community acknowledged our responsible behaviour."
"India's new normal of aggression is not sustainable and is certainly not in its interest," Bilawal said. "This approach, rooted in hate and division, only escalates tensions," he added.
Bilawal will lead a high-level delegation assigned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit world capitals, aiming to brief foreign governments, media, and parliaments on Pakistan's stance and India's recent actions.
He said durable peace in South Asia remained impossible without resolving key issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, cross-border terrorism, and India's alleged weaponisation of water resources.
Accompanying Bilawal, Climate Minister Musadik Malik accused India of targeting civilians and building a false narrative of dominance. "Their Rafale jets fell like birds," he claimed, referring to Indian military losses.
Former foreign minister Khurram Dastgir, also part of the delegation, said that India's posture reflected an anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda. "This is not the conduct of a responsible state," he added.
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