India, May 4 -- As tensions are escalating between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan, after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, an Islamabad politician is going viral over social media for saying that he would flee to England if war breaks out.

Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, a member of Pakistan's National Assembly, was asked by a local reporter whether he would go to the border to fight if a war broke out with India. In response, he said, "I will run away to England if war breaks out with India."

When asked whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take a step back to ease rising tensions, Marwat didn't miss a beat. He responded mockingly, "Is Modi my aunt's son (Modi meri khala ka ladka hai) that he'll step back ...