Editorial
Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari delivered a chilling alert to U.S. lawmakers this week: unchecked aggression between India and Pakistan could ignite a nuclear catastrophe. Leading a high-level parliamentary delegation, Bilawal urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to champion Pakistan’s “mission of peace” and restore diplomatic channels between the rivals. His appeal spotlights a region trembling on the edge of disaster.
The warning follows May’s explosive military standoff, sparked by the Pahalgam massacre in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), where 26 tourists died. India’s retaliatory airstrike and Pakistan’s Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos response escalated into an 87-hour crisis, narrowly halted by a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on May 10. Yet Bilawal cautioned this is a temporary reprieve, not peace.
Central to his concern is India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty—a move Bilawal branded an illegal “declaration of war.” Withholding water from 240 million Pakistanis, he argued, sets a catastrophic precedent: weaponizing nature itself. Worse, South Asia’s war threshold now sits at a historic low. Unverified terror incidents in India prompt immediate military rhetoric, while Delhi dismisses multilateral Kashmir talks, fueling instability.
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Senator Sherry Rehman echoed the alarm, terming recent clashes a “trailer” for global disaster and criticizing India’s media-driven war narrative. Together, Pakistan’s delegation implored Washington to act before miscalculation triggers annihilation.
With nuclear arsenals poised and diplomacy languishing, South Asia’s fate hinges on urgent international mediation. Bilawal’s message is unambiguous: without swift U.S. engagement, this volatile brinkmanship could doom us all. The world must heed the call—before a regional flashpoint becomes humanity’s tragedy.
