"Painful Consequences": India's "Temper Your Rhetoric" Advice To Pakistan
In India warned the Pakistani leadership that any "misadventure" will have "painful consequences". Speaking at the weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referenced reports regarding "war-mongering" by Pakistan against India.
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Jaiswal also criticized Pakistan for using "anti-India" rhetoric to "hide their own failures."
#WATCH | Delhi | On Pakistani leadership's comments against India, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "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… pic.twitter.com/YlmHhIo7lV
— ANI (@ANI) August 14, 2025
This statement follows Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir's nuclear threat to India during his US visit. Munir threatened that Pakistan would "take half the world down" if facing an "existential threat" from India. These remarks marked the first known nuclear threats delivered from US soil against a third country.
"We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we'll take half the world down with us," he reportedly stated.
Munir also threatened to destroy India's infrastructure on the Indus water channels, claiming the water source is not "Indians' family property." He alleged that India's decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty into abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack in April could endanger 250 million people with starvation.
"We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, phir das missile sey faarigh kar dengey [we will destroy it with 10 missiles]...The Indus River is not the Indians' family property. Humein missilon ki kami nahin hai, al-hamdulillah [we have no shortage of missiles, Praise be to God]," Munir reportedly said.
Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto also issued threats, claiming India had caused "great damage" to Pakistan and urged Pakistanis to "unite" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The actions of the Indian government, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, have caused great damage to Pakistan. It is necessary that we, as a united people, stand together against PM Modi and these aggressions," Bhutto said at a function organized by the Culture Department of the government of Sindh on Monday.
He added that Pakistan would have "no choice" but to consider war if India continues to suspend the Indus Water Treaty.
"You people (Pakistanis) are strong enough for war to get back all six rivers. If India continues on this path, it leaves us with no choice except to consider all options, including the possibility of war, to protect our national interests," he stated.
Bhutto further warned that Pakistan will not "bow down" and that this would be a war India would "definitely lose".
"We did not start the war. But if you think of carrying out an attack like Sindoor, then know that the people of every province of Pakistan are ready to fight you - and this is a war that you will definitely lose. We won't bow down," Bhutto warned.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also threatened that India would be "taught a lesson" and "will be left holding ears" if it keeps the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. "I want to tell the enemy today that if you threaten to hold our water, then keep this in mind - you cannot snatch even one drop of Pakistan," said Sharif.
Pakistan recently praised a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding design norms for India's new run-of-river hydropower projects on the Western Rivers -- Chenab, Jhelum and Indus -- claiming it vindicates Pakistan's position on the Indus Water Treaty, which India suspended following the Pahalgam terror attack.
However, India clarified through the press briefing that it has never accepted the legitimacy or competence of the international court.
VIDEO | Delhi: Responding to a question regarding the award by the Court of Arbitration under the Indus Water Treaty, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "India has never accepted the legality, legitimacy, or competence of the so-called Court of Arbitration. Its pronouncements… pic.twitter.com/j4vknHuOpr
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 14, 2025
"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.' As reiterated in our press release dated 27 June 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," the Ministry said.