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.

Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Monday that a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent. This follows the deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week,

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".