India, April 25 -- Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif, in a TV interview, has warned that India's moves following the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed, could lead to an "all-out war" between the two neighbouring countries.

Khawaja Asif told Sky News that the world should be "worried" about the prospect of a full-scale conflict involving the two nations, which both have nuclear weapons.

Claiming that the Pakistani military was "prepared for any eventuality" amid escalating diplomatic tensions with India, the defence minister said. "We will measure our response to whatever is initiated by India. It would be a measured response. If there is an all-out attack or something like that, then obviously there will be a...