New Delhi, May 4 -- Pakistan is ready to use both "conventional and nuclear" weapons against India in its "imminent" conflict, its ambassador to Russia said on Saturday.

In an exclusive interview with RT news, Pakistan's ambassador to Russia Muhammad Khalid Jamali said, "We are going to respond this time and we are going to respond with the full spectrum of power."

"We, in Pakistan, will use a full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear," he said.

The ambassador's statement came as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated in the aftermath of the terror attack that took place in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibili...