Pakistan’s military on Friday said it was not preparing for a war in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack and accused India of making threats against Islamabad.

There have been doubts of an imminent war between the two neighbouring after over 44 CRPF personnel were killed and many injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror strikes in Jammu-Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide bomber blew up an explosive-laden vehicle near their bus in Pulwama district.

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The bus was part of a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying around 2500 CRPF personnel from Jammu to Srinagar.

In response to the reports, Major General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesperson for Pakistan’s Armed Forces said, “We are not preparing for war. It’s you (India) who is sending war threats”.

He further that the country would, however, respond to any aggression from the Indian side.

“Don’t mess with Pakistan,” Ghafoor was quoted as saying in a report by India Today.

In his first statement issued since the February 14 attack, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had on Tuesday accused India of blaming his country “without evidence” and warned of retaliation against any military action by India.

Earlier, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had alleged that the security situation in his country had deteriorated resulting from the “threat of use of force against Pakistan by India”.

The already sour relations between India and Pakistan have worsened over the past week as New Delhi accused Islamabad of the Pulwama attack.

India has accused Islamabad’s spy agency ISI of being involved in the attack and has maintained that the terror group JeM is a “child of the Pakistan Army”.

Following the attack, India immediately withdrew the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status granted to Pakistan and initiated steps to isolate the neighbouring country from the international community.

Earlier on Thursday, India had announced its decision to stop the flow of its share of water from the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in many of his public speeches after the attack, said that the security forces have been given full freedom to decide the future course of action regarding the terrorist attack in Pulwama.

India’s neighbours, including Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan—and other countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Russia, Germany, Canada, UK, Australia and Canada came out in strong support of New Delhi following the terror attack.