In a number of high -level meetings with members of the US House, the Foreign Affairs Committee warned Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against India’s increasingly aggressive attitude and warned that it could destabilize the entire South Asian region.
Leading a multi -partic Pakistani delegation to Washington, urged Bilawal US legislators to support Pakistan’s “peace mission” and facilitate meaningful dialogue to prevent the escalation of hostilities between the nuclear armed neighbors.
Under discussions with several central US legislators, including congressmen Jack Bergman, Tom Suozzi, Ryan Zinke, Maxine Waters, Al Green, Jonathan Jackson, Hank Johnson, Stacey Spaskett, Brian Mast, Brad Sherman, Gregory Meeks, Henry Cuellar and Senator Tom Cotton, he Raised about the current regional situation, Kashmir, Secondly, Anger, Interior provocations are used.
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– Bilawalbhuttozardari (@Bbbhuttozardari) June 5, 2025
An important problem was India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, which Bilawal called a “violation of international law.”
“India sets a dangerous precedent for using water resources as a weapon,” he told the legislators. “The proposal to close water to 240 million Pakistanis is an existential threat. If India takes this step, it will mean a declaration of war.”
While recognizing the “positive role of the United States in reducing tension between Pakistan and India” after the recent military standoff, PPP chairman emphasized that the ceasefire was only “just a beginning.”
“South Asia, India and Pakistan and indirectly the whole world are more uncertain today than this crisis began,” he said. “The threshold for full -scale war between Pakistan and India has never been so low in our history.”
He warned of a dangerous precedent that was set, where “any incident with terrorism all over India, whether proven or not, is considered to mean war.”
Emphasized the urgent speed in the case, Bilawal said the US legislators that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had mandated the delegation with a “peace mission.”
“This mission aims to find solutions to problems through dialogue and diplomacy with India,” he said. “We urge US legislators to continue their efforts to establish peace and stability in South Asia and to support us in this peace mission.”
“If America puts its strength behind peace, it can convince India that solving our problems is the right thing to do,” he said, adding, “a solution to the Kashmir question is in all of us.”
The former Foreign Minister called on the United States to “facilitate meaningful and constructive dialogue between Pakistan and India” and “prevent India from pursuing policies that will destabilize the region and the world.”
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Meanwhile, Senator Sherry Rehman treated a press conference and described the recent conflict with India as just a “trailer” of Pakistan’s coordinated response.
She said, “This war was part of India’s strategy to keep the region in a Bollywood style excitement,” highlighted how Indian media had promoted war stimages while the neglected peace narrative.
She emphasized that Pakistan’s military reaction was “legal and limited,” but warned of the disastrous consequences any misunderstanding between the two nuclear forces could trigger. “A nuclear conflict in a densely populated and sensitive region like South Asia would be uncontrollable,” she warned.
Sherry also expressed gratitude for US intervention, which helped the broker with the ceasefire, but warned, “If there is no targeted and principled process of negotiation, this trailer could soon turn into a global tragedy.”
She further emphasized that a solution to the Kashmir question requires a “serious and multilateral negotiating framework”, and noted India’s reluctance to participate in such conversations and its rejection of third-party mediation, which she considered significant to every meaningful process.
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Last month, tension between Pakistan and India occupied and escalated after the deadly Pahagam attack in Indian illegal Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), where 26 tourists were killed.
On May 7, India launched air strikes on Pakistani soil, prompting Pakistan to counter with Operation Bunyanum Marsoos. A ceasefire was reached on May 10, relieved by the United States.
