With international diplomatic pressure building on Pakistan, the Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has virtually pressed a 'panic button' writing a letter to the president of United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Francisco Antonio Cortorreal drawing the international body's attention to the 'deteriorating security situation' in the region resulting from the Indian threats of use of 'force against Pakistan'.
"The situation poses a threat to international peace and security....It is clear that India is making the attempt to present its fallacious assumptions as established facts, seek to cover up its own operational and policy failures, and shift the blame to Pakistan," wrote Qureshi in the letter of which a soft copy has been sent to Delhi as well.
Having 'apprised' the United Nations secretary General Antonio Guterres of the tense situation, the Pakistan Foreign Minister has underlined that the United Nations "must step into defuse the current tensions".
"It is with a sense of urgency that I draw your attention to the deteriorating security situation in our region resulting from Indian belligerence and threats of use of force against Pakistan," he wrote.
Mr Qureshi further said - "Simultaneously, for domestic political reasons, India has deliberately ratcheted up hostile rhetoric against Pakistan and created a tense environment".
He also accused that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in several public statements has threatened a "befitting response".
"Separately, senior members of the Indian Government are threatening to use water as a weapon. The long-standing legal arrangements agreed under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) are thus being imperiled," he wrote.