Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi, who is also part of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s government as the Federal Interior Minister, made the comments at a press conference in Lahore after India responded to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack by suspending the Indus Water Treaty among other measures.

An attack on tourists in India's Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming militants with "cross-border linkages" for the killings.

Kalita also highlighted the impact of increased US trade tariffs on both India and China, stating that as major manufacturing hubs and consumption markets, both countries are bound to feel the effects more sharply.