‘We’ll choke you’: Pakistani military man apes Hafiz Saeed with hate speech over Indus Water Treaty

A Pakistani military spokesperson recently used hate-filled language, similar to that of terrorist Hafiz Saeed, while talking about India’s recent actions concerning the Indus Waters Treaty.At a Pakistani university, referring to India’s recent decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in the aftermath of a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated, “If you stop our waters, we’ll choke your breath.”
This remark came after India suspended the water-sharing treaty on April 23, a day after the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives.

????#BREAKING Pakistani military spokesperson @OfficialDGISPR is at a university in Pakistan delivering hate and violence-encouraging speeches against India echoing what terrorist Hafiz Saeed said some years ago !

Shameful! pic.twitter.com/W7ckNPePOH– Taha Siddiqui (@tahassiddiqui) May 22, 2025

Chaudhry’s statement echoes the aggressive rhetoric used by Lashkar-e-Taiba Founder Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Saeed is known for delivering inflammatory speeches against India and the United States. The Lashkar leader can be heard using the same words in a video circulating on X.

Here is Hafiz Saeed saying the same thing : pic.twitter.com/SLBV5ODojR

– Taha Siddiqui (@tahassiddiqui) May 22, 2025

Earlier, in an address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Terror and trade cannot go together, water and blood cannot flow together.” He also mentioned that the only possible dialogue between the countries would be on “terrorism and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)… India’s stand has been clear, terror, trade and talks cannot be done together.”

Signed in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank, the Indus Waters Treaty governs the sharing and managing of the Indus River and its five tributaries between the two nations. The Indus river and its major tributaries dominate Pakistan’s river system.

The five traditionally recognised eastern tributaries originating in India are the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. The Kabul river, another key western tributary, originates in Afghanistan and contributes around 12% of the Indus flow. These transboundary rivers together account for more than 75% of Pakistan’s surface water, leaving the country severely reliant on upstream flows.

Pakistan’s water crisis is worsening due to its heavy reliance on the Indus river system, which supplies 90–95% of its freshwater. According to the PIDE data, the Indus basin aquifer supplies more than 60% of agricultural water, 70% of drinking water, and practically all industrial water.

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