India, May 23 -- Pakistani military spokesperson lieutenant general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry issued a threat to India using language strikingly similar to that of terrorist Hafiz Saeed. He was speaking at a public gathering over India's abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty.

Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry reportedly made the comments during a speech at a university in Pakistan. Referring to India's recent move to suspend the water-sharing treaty following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, he said, "If you block our water, we will choke your breath."

His statement mirrors the hostile rhetoric used by Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, known for his inflammatory speeches against ...