Asim Munir threatens India with ‘jugular vein’ remark in US, says ‘no shortage of resources to…'

Asim Munir claimed Islamabad had “no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river.”

Pakistan army chief Syed Asim Munir yet again repeated the anti-India rhetoric, this time in the United States. While reiterating his ‘juglar vein’ remark he claimed that Kashmir is not New Delhi's internal matter but an unresolved international issue.

Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan.(Reuters)

The remarks came as over the weekend, Munir visited two US cities before travelling to Brussels on Sunday, marking his second high-profile trip to Washington in less than two months.

At a black-tie dinner in Washington DC hosted by Adnan Asad, Pakistan’s honorary consul in Tampa, Munir said the Indus River “is not the Indians’ family property” and claimed Islamabad had “no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river,” according to The Dawn cited by news agency ANI.

Speaking during his ongoing visit to the US, he said, “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,” Pakistan-based media outlet ARY News reported on Monday, citing remarks at an event in Tampa, Florida.

India has previously dismissed Munir’s “jugular vein” remarks as baseless. Following similar comments by Munir in April before Pahalgam attack, India’s ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said, “How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein?"

He added, “This is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country.”

Jaiswal also rejected suggestions of US mediation in the India-Pakistan ceasefire, stating that the agreement was reached through direct talks between the militaries of the two nations.

(With ANI inputs)