By Saeed Shah, Asif Shahzad, Shivam Patel and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At 2.09 a.m. on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison city of Rawalpindi,

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

In such a scenario, where Pakistan faces an existential threat, or believes that its territory is about to be overrun, it may decide to “go nuclear”—even at the risk of self-destruction. The latest test of this pattern arose in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Indian-Administered Kashmir on April 22.

Pakistan said on Tuesday that it remains committed to the truce with India, agreed after four days of intense fighting last week, but vowed to respond to any future aggression by New Delhi with full resolve.