As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday.

Jitendra Chaudhury's remarks came two days after CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby and TIPRA Motha party founder Pradyot Kishore expressed concerns on US President Donald Trump's intervention in the India-Pakistan ceasefire.

The Indian armed forces had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to avenge the Pahalgam attack where 26 people- mostly tourists – were killed. Subsequently, the two countries were involved in military actions against each other.

Mohammad Iqbal was working the nightshift at a power plant when he got a frantic call from his family saying artillery shells were exploding around their home.

With last-minute U.S. mediation, cooler heads prevailed between India and Pakistan. But a flare-up is inevitable.

Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed neighbours, restoring peace to their border.

Shilpak Ambule, India's high commissioner to Singapore said that "everybody is on operational alert. But that does not mean that our India growth story and focus on economy gets affected." His comments come against the backdrop of tensions between India and Pakistan,