Pakistan to suspend a peace treaty with India when tensions grow over murder

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Pakistan closed the airspace in India, said it would suspend the 1972 peace treaty with its large neighbor and warned that any sabotage of common water river waters would be “considered an act of war”.

On Thursday, Islamabad’s walk in India noted a sharp escalation of a dispute between the two nuclear peoples over the attack, which killed 26 tourists in the controversial northern region of Kashmir.

India had already been lowered diplomatic relationships with Pakistan And he rejected his participation in an important cross -border water contract. On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to determine, track and punish “supporters of militants responsible for the atrocity that shocked the Indians and reflected in fear of the conflict with Pakistan.

Pakistan denied any involvement in the attack in the furgamo, the tourist direction in the territory controlled by Indian Jumm and cashmereAnd on Thursday, India’s allegations of terrorism were aligned in the Modi government.

The National Security Committee of the Islamic Republic has announced the suspension of India of the 1960 Treaty, under which both countries share water from the Indus River.

“Any attempt to stop or distract the flow of water belonging to Pakistan according to the Indo Water Treaty.

It states that Pakistan will suspend all bilateral contracts with his neighbor, including peace in 1972, “until they abandon India … Falling terrorism in Pakistan (and) multinational killings.” The notes were an obvious reference to the alleged involvement of Indian agents Murder of separatist Sikh activists in Canada And Pakistan.

The Committee also stated that Pakistan would have “in the same” SIMLA agreement, which has ruled the relations between the two countries since the signing after the war in 1971. The PACT provisions included the setting of the control line, which they face in Kashmir.

Michael Kugelman, a South Asia analyst based in Washington, said the Aquarium and Simla Simla served as “security networks”, providing a basic line of cooperation and communication during high tension between Pakistan and India. “The relationship is at risk of entering the unknown territory,” said Kugelman.

On Thursday, Jammo and Kashmir police said two of the three suspects in the massacre of Pakistan, who identified them as part of the militants behind one of the worst massacres of Indian civilians.

The police described men as a “terrorist” in the Internet, citing Pakistan Lashkar-ea, who was responsible for killing 175 people in Mumbai in 2008.

Speaking in the Indian state Bihar on Thursday, Modi said deadly On the Indians in Kashmir after suicide in 2019, which killed 40 pairs.

“I tell the whole world, India will identify, track and punish all terrorists and their supporters,” Modi said. “India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism. Bugo will not be unpunished.”

India has ordered to close a single border crossing with Pakistan, the expulsion of military advisers from Pakistan’s diplomatic missions in India, the cancellation of his own advisers from Pakistan and the reduction of the number of diplomats in each country to 30 of 55.

Its suspension of participation in the Indo Waodas Treaty became an unprecedented measure that could cause a deep damage to agriculture in Pakistan at the beginning of the country’s sowing season, which died in a deep economic crisis.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ihazhay said on Wednesday local television that Islamabad had not participated in the Woodhog and that “no evidence” was provided otherwise. Pakistan revenge from any Indian actions about the attack, Gift said.

“There will be a Tat Answer for Tat, and no iota less than they did,” he said in an interview with Dunya News.

The diplomatic crisis threatens the fragile restoration of the Pakistan’s economy after two years of stagFlation and the rise in power costs crushed home finances and strongly affected branches.

The Indo Waters Treaty is vital for Pakistan, as it guarantees access to the three western Indo basin rivers – its main source of water for agriculture, power and everyday life.

Faruk Tarik, a peasant and activist from Taku Singh in Central Punjab, said any water supply violations could have a “devastating effect on Pakistan’s agriculture.” “(Farmers in Sinde and Punjab) are in a much greater danger of losing water as long as there is … Water deficiency,” he said.