Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has said responsibility rests with India to take a step back and de-escalate the situation.

In an interview with BBC News, he said Pakistan is not the aggressor and it only responded to the Indian aggression under Article fifty one of the UN Charter.

Attaullah Tarar mentioned that Pakistan exercised a lot of restraint but India for the last four days continued to attack our civilian population. He said we have just exercised our right to self defense.

The Information Minister said Pakistan did not attack the civilian population but the military installations. He said India attacked our civilians and we buried innocent persons including children and women.