Asif said India's rhetoric was intensifying and Pakistan's military had briefed the government on the possibility of an attack.

Tensions escalate between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack. India considers a response beyond surgical strikes. Pakistan anticipates an Indian military incursion. The Cold Start doctrine aims to punish Pakistan without triggering nuclear war.

Pakistan’s defence minister said on Monday that a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nucleararmed nations.