Citing security sources, Pakistan’s state-run news outlet PTV News has reported that Pakistan has “launched a counter-offensive against Indian aggression”.
It has targeted a number of sites across India. These are all military sites, including one missile station as well as two airfields.
According to military sources, all of these locations have been involved in targeting Pakistani civilians, places of worship, as well as military installations.
India hit three key airbases in Pakistan at night from May 9 to 10, India Today television reported, citing sources.
Military installations and the infrastructure in Pakistan sustained serious damage, the TV channel said.
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Pakistani army spokesman Ahmad Sharif said in a televised address that all Pakistani air force assets were safe after he claimed India launched missile attacks on three airbases.
ReplyDeletePakistan announced a large-scale military operation against India, GeoTV television reports, citing sources.
ReplyDeleteAccording to them, the Pakistani military are engaging multiple strategic targets across India. The BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas is reported to be destroyed, the TV channel said.
Meanwhile, in India, the operator of New Delhi airport said “changing airspace conditions and increased security measures” could affect some flights and length of security checks.
ReplyDeleteThe Group of Seven (G7) major countries urged maximum restraint from both India and Pakistan and called on them to engage in direct dialogue amid rising hostilities between the two nuclear-armed Asian neighbours.
ReplyDeleteIndia’s ANI news agency is reporting an explosion in the Dibber area of Udhampur, in Indian-administered Kashmir.
ReplyDeletePakistan announced temporary closing of the country’s airspace, GeoTV television reported, citing the Pakistan Airports Authority.
ReplyDeleteRestrictions will last until noon local time (07:00 a.m. GMT). The country closed its airspace for security reasons because of Indian strikes.
According to the Pakistani military, there have been multiple assets which have been engaged, including its Fatah-1 medium-range missile system, which is being used to target those military facilities.
ReplyDeletePakistan had been saying that it did not want to go to this level, but it was forced to because after the May 7 attacks, Pakistan immediately responded, saying that it reserved the right … to respond and protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
ReplyDeletePakistan said it launched a military operation against India early on Saturday, targeting multiple bases including a missile storage site in northern India as the neighbors extended their worst fighting in nearly three decades.
ReplyDeletePakistan said that before its offensive, India had fired missiles at three air bases, including one close to the capital, Islamabad, but Pakistani air defenses intercepted most of them.
India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday, in a move that raised fears of a wider conflict.
ReplyDeleteLt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif said in a televised address that all Pakistan Air Force assets were safe. He added that some of the Indian missiles also hit India’s eastern Punjab.
“BrahMos storage site has been taken out in general area Beas,” Pakistan’s military said in a message to journalists, adding that the Pathankot airfield in India’s western Punjab state and Udhampur Air Force Station in Indian Kashmir were also hit.
ReplyDeleteThe chief minister of Indian Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, said in a statement a local administration official had been killed by shelling in Rajouri, near the Line of Control that divides the contested region.
ReplyDeleteOne of the three air bases that Pakistan said were targeted by India is in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, just outside the capital Islamabad. The other two are in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, which borders India.
The Pakistani military spokesman said only a few missiles made it past air defenses, and those did not hit any “air assets,” according to initial damage assessments.
Pakistan has been redeploying its military units to frontline positions in order to carry out an offensive and escalate the situation on the border with India, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said at a press briefing.
ReplyDelete"Pakistan Army has been observed to be moving its troops towards forward areas, indicating an offensive intent to further escalation," she noted.
"Indian armed forces remain in a high state of operational readiness," the air force representative said. "Indian armed forces reiterated their commitment to non-escalation, provided the Pakistan side reciprocates," she added.
According to Singh, "all hostile actions have been effectively countered and responded proportionately."