Pakistan has intensified its rhetoric against India over the suspended Indus Waters Treaty, with Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik issuing a fresh warning that Islamabad would "chop off the hand" attempting to control Pakistan's water. According to intelligence sources, Pakistan's civil-military leadership is preparing a global diplomatic campaign to internationalise the Indus Waters Treaty dispute. A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to finalise Islamabad's strategy.

Pakistan and Afghanistan tensions have erupted once again after Pakistan carried out overnight airstrikes and a ground operation across the border. Pakistan says the operation targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan's Paktika, Paktia and Kunar provinces, killing 29 militants in an intelligence-based mission launched after recent terror attacks inside Pakistan, including the attack on the Pakistan Rangers headquarters in Karachi. However, Afghan authorities have strongly disputed Pakistan's account, alleging that residential areas, including homes and mosques, were hit. Afghan officials claim more than 35 civilians, including children and elderly people, were killed and over 100 others injured.