Pakistan envoy says things could go 'nuclear' if India attacks Islamabad: 'Will use full spectrum of power'

Echoing the sharp rhetoric by Pakistani leaders, the country's ambassador to Russia said that Islamabad would use nuclear weapons if India attacks it.

Muhammad Khalid Jamali, Pakistani ambassador to Russia, said leaked documents have revealed India's plan to strike certain areas in Pakistan. "That make us feel that this is going to happen and it's imminent," Jamali told RT.

"When it comes to India and Pakistan, we don't want to get involved into this debate of numerical strength," the envoy said. Jamali then went on to threaten that Pakistan will "use the full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear". 

Jamali's rhetoric comes after Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, when 26 people were killed by terrorists. The attackers belonged to The Resistance Front, the proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In retaliation, India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, revoked visas to Pakistani nationals and banned all imports from Pakistan. New Delhi has also prohibited Pakistani ships calling at Indian ports and blocked exchange of mail and parcels by land and air routes.

Jamali's remarks comes after Pakistan minister Hanif Abbasi threatened to use nuclear weapons against India, saying the 130 nuclear warheads in Islamabad's stockpile are kept "only for India". He threatened that if India halts Pakistan's water supply, New Delhi should get ready for a "full-scale war".

The threat, however, don't stop there. Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned that Islamabad would target any structure that India builds to divert the water from the Indus river system.

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