In Pakistan, hundreds demonstrate against India’s threats.

Following a deadly attack on tourists across the disputed border, hundreds of Pakistanis joined protests nationwide on Thursday, including in Kashmir, to express their anger against Indian threats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to pursue and punish the gunmen responsible for killing 26 civilians in the tourist hotspot of Pahalgam on Tuesday, accusing Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism”.

The assault in Indian-occupied Kashmir was the worst in 25 years and signalled a significant change in strategy as civilians rather than Indian security troops were the objective.

At the main border crossing with India, Lahore, businessman Ajmal Baloch told AFP, “If India wants to go to war, then come forward openly,” during a rally organised by a religious group that drew a sizable crowd.

Although India has no significant methods of limiting the river’s downstream flow to Pakistan, it has declared that it will suspend the Indus Water Treaty, which divides vital water between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

Baloch and other demonstrators, however, were furious over the “unacceptable” threat.

“God willing, we will regain water, even if it means going to battle, for it is our right. “We’re not going to give up,” Muhammad Owais, 25, declared.

In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, hundreds of protesters marched through the capital city of Muzaffarabad while holding placards with anti-Indian chants.

“If India makes the mistake of attacking, the Pakistani Kashmiris will fight on the frontline, we’re ready to die for Pakistan,” said Shoukat Javed Mir, a senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party in the region.

Hundreds of people protested in the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta.