Pakistan Foreign Officer said that there is no change in Pakistan's nuclear policy, hours after Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted that they would never start a war with India, amid the ongoing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours over Kashmir.

However, Pakistan Foreign Office said Imran Khan's comments were being taken out of context and did not represent a change in Islamabad's nuclear policy.

"Prime Minister's comments on Pakistan's approach towards conflict between two nuclear armed states are being taken out of context," Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said in a late night tweet on Monday. 

"While conflict should not take place between two nuclear states, there's no change in Pakistan's nuclear policy," he said.

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Imran Khan's "nuclear weapon" statement

Harping over the possibility of a military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed nations, Imran Khan addressing the members of the Sikh community at the Governor's House in Lahore on Monday evening said that both India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed countries and if tension escalates, the world will face danger. 

"There will be no first from our side ever," he said, without explaining further.

Imran Khan has been casually mentioning 'nuclear weapons' while ranting over Kashmir issue. On August 27, the Prime Minister of Pakistan indicated of a "nuclear war" and the subsequent "global ramifications" over the ongoing conflicts between the two nations.

He said, "If the (Kashmir) conflict moves towards war then remember both nations have nuclear weapons and no one is a winner in a nuclear war. It will have global ramifications." "I want to tell India that war is not a solution to any problem. The winner in war is also a loser. War gives birth to host of other issues," Imran Khan added.

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On August 18, Imran Khan raised his concerns over the "safety and security" of India's nuclear arsenal being controlled by "fascist" Modi government. The Pakistan Prime Minister further fearmongered how the issue impacts "not just the region but the world," despite the global community's assertation that Kashmir is India's internal issue and that the matter with Pakistan must be resolved bilaterally. 

Rajnath Singh's nuclear statement

In August, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had made a statement that India may see a major shift in its nuclear weapons doctrine by doing away with a 'no first use policy' in the future. 

"Till today, our nuclear policy is 'No First Use'. What happens in future depends on the circumstances," he had said at an event in Rajasthan's Pokhran, the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998. 

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Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcated it into two union territories. India has categorically told the international community that the revocation of Article 370 was an internal matter and also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.