ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday that thewater crisis is critical for Pakistan, calling the matter country’s‘jugular vein’.
The FO Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal in his weekly briefing said that Indianis throwing the region into an arms race but Pakistan cannot remainoblivious towards its defence.
The FO spokesman said that Pakistani forces are fully prepared for thehomeland’s defence.
On the subject of water crisis, Dr Faisal said that Pakistan is facingenvironmental and water challenges and it is the responsibility of theWorld Bank to form an arbitration court on the matter of Kishan Ganga dam.
The FO spokesman said that occupied Kashmir wants to be a part of Pakistanand India should hold a referendum in the occupied territory.