India has canceled the Indus Water Treaty after the Pahelgam attack in Kashmir. Pakistan has taken a tough stance in response. The country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan will protect its water rights at any cost.

According to a PTV World report on Saturday (April 26), the Pakistani Prime Minister made this warning during a telephone conversation with Iran's newly elected President Masoud Pajhwokian.

He said that the use of water as a weapon will not be accepted in any way and Pakistan will protect its rights at any cost.

During the conversation, Shehbaz Sharif also said that Pakistan is firmly against terrorism. Regarding the Pahelgam attack, he clarified that Pakistan has no direct or indirect connection with this attack. Rather, Pakistan has been a major victim of terrorism in the last two decades, thousands of people have lost their lives and the country has suffered huge economic losses.

Prime Minister Shehbaz also announced preparations for an impartial investigation into the Pahelgam incident. At the same time, he reiterated Pakistan's commitment to reducing tensions and maintaining peace. He said that Pakistan wants peace in the region and if Iran wants to play a role in this matter, then Pakistan will welcome it.

Regarding Kashmir, Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan will always stand by the Kashmiri people's demand for just self-determination and will support them on the basis of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations.

It is worth noting that an uprising has been going on in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. Many Kashmiri Muslims support this movement and they want the region to either join Pakistan or emerge as an independent state. Although India has labeled this movement as terrorism, Pakistan sees it as a legitimate freedom struggle.