Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, people familiar with the matter said.

National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Monday rebuffed reporters when asked how India should respond to Pakistan for the deadly Pahalgam attack by Islamabad-backed terrorists. Abdullah told them to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi on how India should retaliate.

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".