Pakistan denies involvement, India remains skeptical, citing evidence of Pakistan-based terrorist groups' involvement.

Asif said Pakistan was on high alert and that it would only use its arsenal of nuclear weapons if "there is a direct threat to our existence".

Amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and India following the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif warned on Monday of an "imminent" military incursion by India,