Overview
- Pakistan's Rail Minister Hanif Abbasi warned of nuclear retaliation, claiming 130 warheads are aimed at India if water supplies are blocked.
- India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and revoked Pakistani visas after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
- Abbasi mocked India's economic and aviation disruptions caused by Pakistan's airspace closure, claiming Indian airlines could collapse within 10 days.
- Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted to decades of militant sponsorship under Western influence but denied current ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba or The Resistance Front.
- Asif accused India of staging the Pahalgam attack to provoke regional tensions, a claim India has strongly rejected.