Pakistan's 'war mongering' ploy to hide its failures: India

India on Thursday termed Pakistan leadership's war mongering against it as a ploy to "hide their own failures", warning "any misadventure will have painful consequences" as was demonstrated recently. On the Award by Court of Arbitration regarding Indus Water Treaty, New Delhi also said it has never accepted the "legality, legitimacy, or competence of the so-called Court of Arbitration."

During a weekly briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responding to the comments of Pakistani leadership said, "We have seen reports regarding a continuing pattern of reckless, war mongering and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India."

"It is a well-known modus operandi of the Pakistani leadership to whip up anti-India rhetoric time and again to hide their own failures. Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences as was demonstrated recently," he said.

Recently, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed Islamabad would not allow New Delhi to take "even one drop" of water belonging to his country. His remarks came after Pakistan urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May.

Also, Pakistan's politician Bilawal Bhutto issued a war threat to India over the suspension of the decades-old Indus Water Treaty, saying New Delhi's actions caused "great damage" to Pakistan and urged all Pakistanis to "unite" against PM Narendra Modi.

Before that, Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir, during his recent visit to the US, warned of a nuclear war and threatened to take down "half the world" if Islamabad faced an existential threat in a future war with India.

On the Award by Court of Arbitration regarding the Indus Water Treaty, Jaiswal said, "India has never accepted the legality, legitimacy, or competence of the so-called Court of Arbitration. Its pronouncements are therefore without jurisdiction, devoid of legal standing, and have no bearing on India’s rights of utilisation of waters," he said.

He added, "India also categorically rejects Pakistan’s selective and misleading references to the so-called award."

He said as reiterated in the MEA's press release of June 27, 2025, the Indus Waters Treaty stands in abeyance by a sovereign decision of the Government of India, taken in response to Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism, including the barbaric Pahalgam attack.