JAKARTA - Pakistan claims it has "credible intelligence information" about India's plans to immediately launch a military action, as tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighboring countries escalated following a deadly attack on tourists in koronese, India.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the US to pressure India to "reduce rhetoric and act responsibly."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio asked the two countries to "relieve tensions," a State Department spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday, April 30 local time.
In the attack on April 22, the attackers separated the men, asked their names, and targeted Hindus before shooting them from close range in the Palaligam area, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said.
India has identified three attackers, including two Pakistani nationals, as "terrorists" who launched a bloody uprising in the majority Muslim population. Islamabad denies involvement and calls for a neutral investigation.
India, which has a majority Hindu population, accuses Islam-based Pakistan of funding and encouraging militancy in koruption, the Himalayan region claimed by the two countries but is partly controlled by them.
Islamabad said it only provided moral and diplomatic support for the demands of thetensive to determine their own destiny.
The old competitors, born from Britain's colonial Indian separation in 1947, have taken action against each other since the attack, with India delaying an important Indus Water Agreement and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines.
Reported by Reuters on Thursday, May 1, the Pakistani government said it had "credible intelligence information" India intends to carry out military action against it in the next "24-36 hours under the pretext of baseless and fabricated accusations of involvement in the Palaligam incident."
PM Sharif received a phone call from Rubio on Wednesday, and the Pakistani prime minister asked Washington to urge India to "reduce rhetoric and act responsibly," a statement from Sharif's office said.
Rubio urged Pakistani officials to cooperate in investigating the attack.
In a separate phone call on Wednesday, a State Department spokesman said Rubio spoke with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, reaffirming "the United States' commitment to cooperate with India against terrorism."
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India closed its airspace to Pakistan early Wednesday, New Delhi said, days after Pakistan banned Indian airlines from flying over its territory.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, Islamabad said it condemned terrorism in all its forms and would respond "with certainty and firmness" to any military action from India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to pursue and punish Palalaga's attackers.
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