The fresh accusations come a day after India's air strikes inside Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam killings.

Pakistan said 26 people were killed in the overnight assault, which followed a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. Aurangzeb warned that emotions were “running high” inside Pakistan after the air strikes.

Pakistan's air defence system shot down an Indian drone early Thursday in the eastern city of Lahore, according to Pakistani officials, as India evacuated thousands of people from villages near the two countries' highly militarised frontier.