Pakistan refuted India's claims regarding the Pahalgam attack. They accused India of backing terrorism within Pakistan. Pakistan presented Abdul Majeed's arrest as evidence. India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty and closed borders.

India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people.

Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. "Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours using the Pahalgam incident as a false pretext,

Asif said India's rhetoric was intensifying and Pakistan's military had briefed the government on the possibility of an attack.

As world powers face multiple crises, the one set off by a terror attack in Kashmir is getting scant attention or help in de-escalating between nuclear-armed neighbors.