Tensions have escalated between the two nuclear powers following Tuesday’s attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir.

Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin said that India needs to go ahead and cut 'Pakistan's jugular' and called Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's remarks about Kashmir being their 'jugular vein' a direct provocation to India in the days leading up to the Pahalgam attack.

The Pakistan's National Security Committee (NSC) meeting was convened on Thursday in response to India's tough stance following the Pahalgam terror attacks. Islamabad has asked all Indian nationals to leave country by April 30.