'Our blood has been sucked': J&K CM Omar hits back at Pak PM Shehbaz over IWT

India placed the treaty in abeyance last year following the Pahalgam terror attackSRINAGAR: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned at an event in Islamabad on Friday that Pakistan would take any step to protect its water rights under the Indus Waters Treaty, saying “every single drop” of Pakistan’s water is a “red line” and “India must come to the right path” or it would “be given a direct response”. His comments drew a reaction from Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah who said the treaty has been kept in abeyance and should remain so.“Yes, our blood. We have been saying this only, that our blood has been sucked. Thankfully Shehbaz Sharif came to his senses. This (IWT) has sucked the blood out of us. These are our rivers. We have the first right on them,” Omar told report