In an address to the nation, Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan said he was ready to sit down and talk with India in order to avoid any “miscalculations” following air strikes by both sides.
He added that he hoped “better sense” would prevail to de-escalate tensions with its nuclear-armed neighbour.
“History tells us that wars are full of miscalculation. My question is that given the weapons we have can we afford miscalculation,” he said during a brief televised address.
He said Pakistan would cooperate with India in an investigation concerning the suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on February 14.