Islamabad: Pakistan has asked the United Nations to take an immediate step to defuse its tensions with India which escalated after the Pulwama attack. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeking his help to defuse the tensions between the two countries, Pakistan Foreign Office said.
“It is with a sense of urgency that I draw your attention to the deteriorating security situation in our region resulting from the threat of use of force against Pakistan by India", wrote Qureshi in the letter,said reports. He said that Pakistan's response in the face of Indian rhetoric had been "measured, mature and full of restraint". Qureshi wrote that India has also hinted that it may abandon the Indus Waters Treaty.
After the Pulwama terror attack, tensions between India and Pakistan are once again running high. The Terror Attack took the lives of 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. Later on, Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group calimed the responsibility for the suicide attack.