Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to advise Delhi on acting responsibly and exercising restraint in the midst of the ongoing tensions and claiming that India’s weapons from the Indus basin were unacceptable to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Shehbaz held a telephone conversation with Secretary General Guterres, who focused on recent development in South Asia. During the phone call, Shehbaz said Pakistan would defend his sovereignty and territorial integrity with full strength in the event of misunderstanding from India.

Since last Tuesday, tensions have escalated between Pakistan and India following an attack on tourists in Pahagam in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) who killed 26 tourists. Without presenting evidence, India had accused Pakistan of the incident shortly after it took place.

During the telephone call, the Prime Minister confirmed that Pakistan condemned terrorism in all his forms and manifestations while highlighting the significant victims given by the country in the global war against terrorism.

While rejecting Indian accusations against Pakistan as baseless, the Prime Minister categorically rejected any attempt to connect Pakistan with the Pahagam incident and repeated his call for a transparent and neutral investigation into the incident.

The Prime Minister expressed serious concerns about India’s attempts to delegiti the Kashmiri freedom struggle by using the book ‘Terrorism’ and highlighted the widely documented Indian state-sponsored terrorism in IIOJK.

The Prime Minister told the UN chief that India’s weapons from the water in the Indus basin were unacceptable, noting that water was the lifeline of 240 million Pakistanis. He emphasized that Pakistan must defend his sovereignty and territorial integrity with full strength in the event of misunderstanding from India.

The Prime Minister urged the UN Secretary General to advise India to act responsibly and exercise restraint. He also called on the UN Secretary-General to play his role for a fair resolution of the Kashmir issue in accordance with relevant decisions from the Security Council.

The Prime Minister confirmed Pakistan’s unwavering obligation to promote international peace and security as a responsible member of the international community and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

At the UN, a spokesman for the Secretary -General said Gutersres spoke separately with Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif and India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. During the interviews, the Secretary -General noted the importance of pursuing justice through legal means.

“The Secretary-General also expressed his deep concern about rising tensions between India and Pakistan and emphasized the need to avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences. He offered his good offices to support de-scaling efforts,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

In Washington, meanwhile, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce Journalists told State Secretary Marco Rubio would urge his Indian and Pakistani colleagues not to escalate, in his phone call within a day or two.

“The secretary expects to talk to the foreign ministers in Pakistan and India today or tomorrow,” Bruce said. “We reach out to both parties and of course tell them not to escalate the situation,” she added.

The spokesman declared that secretary Rubio also encouraged other national leaders and foreign ministers to also reach the two South Asian countries in the midst of tensions that have risen between the Arch rivals since last week.

Earlier, Britain – Home to one of the world’s largest Indian and Pakistani societies – called for rest between Indian and Pakistani communities in London, after legislators expressed concern that tensions in the region could be wasted into the diaspora.

“These issues have long been discussed with passion on British streets, and we call for the two sides all community leaders, everyone involved to demand peace at a time of tension in the region,” Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer told Parliament.

When Falconer appeared in Parliament to answer an urgent question about the situation, legislators raised concerns about media reports on poorly tempered protests outside India and Pakistan’s high commissions in London. Britain has updated its advisory journey and advised against all trips to Kashmir.

(With input from agencies)