‘Won’t compromise on basic right of 240 million people’: Pak Army chief Munir terms IWT abeyance ‘red line’

Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Thursday termed the Indus Water Treaty as a ‘red line’, saying that Islamabad would never compromise on the water issue, as it is linked to the basic rights of the country’s 240 million people. Munir’s remarks came as he was addressing vice-chancellors of different universities, principals, and senior teachers and educators, according to the army. “Pakistan will never accept Indian hegemony,” he said.