Islamabad has asked the United States to help ease tensions in New Delhi after obtaining “credible intelligence” of an upcoming strike.
According to the U.S. State Department, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to work with each other to ease tensions after the Kashmir attacks managed in India last week.
The State Department said Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar expressed support with India on Wednesday to fight "terrorism" and urged Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation.
Sharif's office said in a statement that Pakistani leaders urged Washington to urge India to "reduce speech and act responsibly."
He also regretted that India chose to choose “weapon water” by leaving the Indian Water Treaty, which does not allow unilateral withdrawal from its commitment to flowing in the disputed Kashmir River.
India is planning to attack it within 24-36 hours in retaliation for the killing of 26 people in the fatal attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir last week.
India has denied the attack after accusing Pakistan of supporting Pakistan’s attack in the Kashmir town of Pahalgam, which puts tensions between its highest points since the suicide-style car explosion in 2019.
Islamabad bans Indian Airlines from flying over its territory and New Delhi sends its airspace to Pakistan Airlines, the government said on Wednesday. According to the Government's Aviation Mission Notice (NOTAM), the Pakistan aircraft ban will come into effect from April 30 to May 23.
Over the past six nights, Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged small arms fires, which New Delhi said was launched by the Pakistani side, and the de facto border runs through Kashmir. No casualties.
India-Hindu-Mahodity India accused Pakistan’s armed groups in Kashmir for providing funding, the full claim of Himalayan territory. Islamabad said it only provides moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris’ need for self-determination.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed in a separate call with Indian and Pakistani officials that there is a need to “avoid confrontation that can lead to tragic consequences”.
The UK also called for peace between its Indian and Pakistani communities and recommended all trips to Jamu and Kashmir (the official name of Indian territory) - a few exceptions.