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

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 nuclear-armed nations.

While the case is fairly routine, it comes as India indicates it is preparing to strike Pakistan in response to last week’s deadly terrorist attack.

Turkey wants a de-escalation between Pakistan and India, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, after the two exchanged small arms fire following last week's deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir.

India has yet to present clear evidence of who conducted the attack on April 22nd that killed 26 mostly Hindu men in Pahalgam, a popular tourist spot in the Muslim-majority region. But local police are searching for two Pakistani suspects and one Indian.