Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday claimed that any attempt to stop the flow of water into Pakistan is a violation of the Indus Waters Treaty and will be met with a "decisive response."

The threat directed at India came a day after Pakistan's former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made similar comments, describing the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as an attack on the Indus Valley Civilisation.

"Enemy [India] can't snatch even a single drop of water from Pakistan," Sharif was quoted as saying at an event in Islamabad.

"You threatened to stop our water. If you attempt such a move, Pakistan will teach you a lesson you will never forget," he said.

India put in abeyance the 1960 agreement so...