American report wants India to believe that Pakistan is an ancillary problem, not a big threat

Then why are Islamabad Generals preparing for another round to prove their worth?

- BY SUSHIL KUTTY

Lt. Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is Pakistan Army's 22nd Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

He belonged to the Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering before taking on the DG-ISPR role. Nowadays he addresses press conferences disparaging India’s military prowess. Of late, Lt Gen. Chaudhary keeps threatening India with dire consequences if India crosses the line.

Gen. Chaudhary’s latest threat has left India breathless! He warned that if India “stopped the Indus” Pakistan would “stop India’s life-breath.” The only consolation is Lt. Gen. Chaudhary doesn’t look or sound mean. On the contrary, he is the clean-shaven and clean-cut gentleman officer cadet!

That being said, Pakistan expects India to halt the Indus, Chenab, Ravi and Jhelum from flowing into Pakistan’s rural hinterlands and Pakistan says India “playing with Pakistan's water” will be India “playing with fire.” Pakistan's economy is largely agricultural and without water for irrigation the results would be catastrophic!

For the people of Pakistan the Indus is life-giving and there would be nothing more evil than redoing the Indus Water Treaty in India’s favour. Angry, dyspeptic, annoyed Pakistanis are losing sleep and want Indians also to be in the same state.

Bad-tempered Pakistanis are cursing India and coming up with all sorts of excuses for refusing to accept that Pakistan lost the war including insisting that “we won the war”. The standout signature for Pakistanis these days is ‘dyspepsia’ and the dyspeptic rants of Pakistanis are “enormously popular” among Indians on Social Media.