The military’s senior leadership on Monday reiterated a resolute commitment to undertake all necessary measures to ensure Pakistan’s “rightful share of water” amid ongoing tensions with India over the Indus Waters Treaty.
India unilaterally suspended the Indus Waters Treaty after more than six decades following the Pahalgam attack. Last week, Pakistan hosted a seminar on the accord in Islamabad during which the country’s political leadership vowed to vociferously defend the country’s rights under the treaty through all available legal and diplomatic means.
In a statement issued after the 276th Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, chaired by Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the forum had taken notice of Indian rhetoric over the accord. The gathered officials reaffirmed the guidance issued in the National Security Committee’s directive of April 24, 2025.
“It expressed a resolute commitment to undertake all measures necessary to ensure the availability of Pakistan’s rightful share of water as per the directives of the government and the aspirations of the people of Pakistan,” read the statement. It said the forum also expressed serious concerns over the continued use of Afghan territory by Indian-backed terrorist groups to orchestrate attacks inside Pakistan.
“The forum affirmed that lasting peace and stability in the region is contingent upon preventing use of Afghan Taliban controlled territory by Indian terrorist proxies for which the Afghan Taliban regime is directly responsible,” it said.
The CCC noted Pakistan had an unequivocal right to defend its people from terrorism and the armed forces shall continue intelligence-based operations against terrorism emanating from Afghan Taliban controlled territory under the ambit of Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq.
The ISPR said the CCC had underscored the immediate need to enact robust governance structures in restive areas to ensure public service and welfare as well as to break the nefarious terror-crime nexus thriving under vested political patronage.
It noted that after the comprehensive defeat inflicted to India during Marka-e-Haq in 2025, “there is an increased reliance on an evolving pattern of externally supported hybrid warfare and disinformation campaigns aimed at causing unrest.” Condemning all forms of state-supported financing, facilitation and sponsorship of proxies, it said any attempts to destabilize Pakistan through hybrid means would continue to be countered with “strategic clarity and firm resolve.”
The ISPR said that the forum also reviewed the evolving regional situation and appreciated Pakistan’s constructive role in promoting dialogue, de-escalation and regional stability. “It reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to peaceful conflict resolution, respect for international law and enhanced regional cooperation to address shared security challenges,” read the statement.
The conference participants rejected and strongly condemned the ongoing human rights violations and unilateral demographic engineering in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), declaring that Kashmir remains the jugular vein of Pakistan. “Reaffirming Pakistan’s unyielding diplomatic, political and moral support to the Kashmir cause, it emphasized that true regional stability hinges entirely on granting the Kashmiri people their inalienable right to self-determination in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions,” it added.
The statement said CDF Munir had directed commanders to follow up expeditiously on the multi-domain transformation plan in line with the evolving character of war. “He also called upon the commanders to maintain the highest standards of vigilance, operational readiness and professional excellence, emphasizing integrated responses to conventional, sub-conventional and hybrid threats while safeguarding Pakistan’s sovereignty and national interests at all costs,” it said.
According to the military’s media wing, the forum offered fateha for the Shuhada of the armed forces, law enforcement agencies, and innocent civilians, reaffirming that “their sacrifices remain the foundation of Pakistan’s security, unity and resilience.”
The ISPR said the CCC had also reviewed the prevailing security environment and expressed satisfaction over the operational preparedness, professionalism and combat readiness of the armed forces.