Islamabad, May 7 -- Just days after warning of bloodshed if India stopped the flow of the Indus River, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has now extended an olive branch, urging for peace between the two neighbours, media reports said.

His remarks come even as New Delhi escalates its crackdown on Islamabad in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.

Addressing Pakistan's National Assembly on Tuesday, Bhutto said Pakistan is a "victim of terrorism and does not export it," according to Pakistani daily Dawn. He asserted that Pakistan fights for freedom, not war.

Tensions escalated sharply after the April 22 attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, where 26 civilians we...