{"id":4983,"date":"2025-04-24T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:04:26","slug":"nationwide-protests-in-pakistan-over-indian-threats-after-pahalgam-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4983","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide protests in Pakistan over Indian threats after Pahalgam attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hundreds of Pakistanis rallied across the country on Thursday, including in Azad Kashmir, to protest against India\u2019s threats of retaliation following a deadly attack on civilians in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to \u201cpursue and punish\u201d the perpetrators of Tuesday\u2019s assault in Pahalgam, which killed 26 civilians and was the deadliest such attack in the disputed region in over two decades. Modi accused Pakistan of supporting what he described as \u201ccross-border terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf India wants to go to war, then come forward openly,\u201d said Ajmal Baloch, a protester in Lahore, near the main Wagah border crossing, where some 700 people gathered in a rally organised by a religious political party.<\/p>\n<p>The protests were sparked in part by India\u2019s announcement to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, an agreement critical for managing shared rivers between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater is our right and, God willing, we will reclaim it, even if that means through war,\u201d said 25-year-old protester Muhammad Owais in Lahore. \u201cWe will not back down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Kashmir, around 300 demonstrators marched with placards bearing anti-India slogans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf India makes the mistake of attacking, the Pakistani Kashmiris will fight on the frontline,\u201d said Shoukat Javed Mir, a senior leader of the Pakistan People\u2019s Party in the region. \u201cWe\u2019re ready to die for Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, approximately 150 people joined a protest to denounce India\u2019s rhetoric and express solidarity with Kashmiris.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pakistan&#8217;s National Security Committee (NSC) warned that any attempt by India to block water flow into Pakistan would be treated as an act of war.<\/p>\n<p>The statement followed a high-level NSC meeting on Thursday, which also approved the closure of the Wagah border crossing. The measures were announced in response to a series of aggresive steps taken by India.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Pakistanis rallied across the country on Thursday, including in Azad Kashmir, to protest against India\u2019s threats of retaliation following a deadly attack on civilians in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Tuesday. The demonstrations came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to \u201cpursue and punish\u201d the perpetrators of Tuesday\u2019s assault [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}