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.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to pursue the attackers to "the ends of the earth" and said that those who planned and carried it out "will be punished beyond their imagination". Calls have also grown from Indian politicians and others for military retaliation against Pakistan.