India, April 30 -- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday reiterated his defence of the controversial "blood in river" remark made after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), stating, "when there is war, blood does flow."

His remarks follow the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives, mostly tourists. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Speaking earlier at a public rally in Sukkur, Sindh province on Friday, Bhutto said, "The Indus is ours and will remain ours - either our water will flow through it, or their blood," as quoted by The News.

In a recent BBC interview, Bhutto ...