Islamabad: A senior Pakistani official said India has lowered the threshold for future military action between the two arch-rivals, adding that India's use of a nuclear-capable missile during the latest conflict has made the situation more precarious.

'Our concern for next time, heaven forbid, for next time round is that the threshold is low for a military conflict,' Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan's former foreign minister and a coalition partner in Pakistan's government, said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Washington.

In addition, he said, India's use during the conflict of a supersonic missile with nuclear capabilities presents a new danger in future clashes. 'Now we then have about 30 seconds time to decide, off a grainy little image, this nuclear-capable missile - is it armed with a nuclear weapon? And how do we respond?'

In a future conflict, Bilawal added, both countries are likely to climb the 'escalation ladder' too quickly for President Donald Trump or other leaders to intervene.