India, Aug. 11 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir's fresh nuclear threats against India during an event in the United States were discussed during the Standing Committee on External Affairs.

Munir reportedly said at a meeting with the Pakistani diaspora in Florida that Pakistan could use its nuclear weapons to take down India and "half the world" in the event of an existential threat in any future conflict with India.

Tharoor said that the committee expressed concern over the misuse of a friendly country's soil for such remarks.

"The question of General Munir's statement on American soil has been brought up. Our concern was expressed about the misuse of a friendly country's soil to say some...