India Vows to Impose Economic Cost on Pakistan for Cross-Border Terrorism

Prime Minister Modi addressed a rally at Deshnoke, near the border with Pakistan, after the suspension of Operation Sindoor, vowing to impose an economic cost on Pakistan for its support of cross-border terrorism. He warned that Pakistan's army and economy would bear the price of every terrorist attack, and that India would stop the flow of water under the Indus Waters Treaty, which Pakistan relies on to use water from Indian rivers. Modi praised the forces for destroying nine terror camps inside Pakistan in response to the killings in Pahalgam, and asserted that India would not suffer in silence, with those who committed terror attacks being reduced to dust and their weapons buried under rubble.

Key Takeaways:

  • Indian Prime Minister Modi vowed to impose an economic cost on Pakistan for its support of cross-border terrorism.
  • Modi warned that Pakistan's army and economy would bear the price of every terrorist attack.
  • India will stop the flow of water under the Indus Waters Treaty, which Pakistan relies on to use water from Indian rivers.
  • The Indian forces destroyed nine terror camps inside Pakistan in response to the killings in Pahalgam.
  • The Indian government reiterated its position that the Indus Waters Treaty would remain in abeyance until Pakistan takes irrevocable action against cross-border terrorism.
  • Pakistan's failed attempt to target Nal airport where Modi had landed was foiled, while the country's Rahim Yar Khan airbase was destroyed by Indian forces.

Statistics:

  • 9 terror camps destroyed by Indian forces inside Pakistan.
  • Modi vowed to impose an economic cost on Pakistan for every terrorist attack.
  • The Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan takes irrevocable action against cross-border terrorism.

Sources:

  • The New Indian Express
  • Press Trust of India