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

Tensions between Pakistan and India escalate as military incursions loom following a deadly attack in Kashmir.

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.

In the days since, tensions have risen dangerously between India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir.

Anger in Indian-run Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly attack last week that New Delhi blames on arch-rival Pakistan.New Delhi has accused Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism" after gunmen killed 26 people on April 22,