Pak’s warmongering ploy to hide its failures: India

India on Thursday described the Pakistan leadership’s warmongering against it as a ploy to “hide their own failures”, warning that “any misadventure will have painful consequences”, as was demonstrated recently.

On the Court of Arbitration’s award regarding the Indus Waters Treaty, New Delhi reiterated that it has never accepted the “legality, legitimacy, or competence of the so-called Court of Arbitration”.

During the weekly briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to recent remarks by Pakistan’s leadership, said: “We have seen reports of a continuing pattern of reckless, warmongering and hateful comments from the Pakistani leadership against India. It is a well-known modus operandi 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.”

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had recently 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 kept in abeyance since May.

Separately, Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto threatened war with India over the suspension of the treaty, accusing New Delhi of causing “great damage” to Pakistan and urging Pakistanis to “unite” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Earlier, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir, during a 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 conflict with India.

On the Court of Arbitration’s ruling, Jaiswal stressed: “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 to utilise the waters. India also categorically rejects Pakistan’s selective and misleading references to the so-called award.”

He added that, 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”.