RAWALPINDI: Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations Lt. General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry early Wednesday morning confirmed that India has launched missile attacks at three places including Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu and Kashmir; and Ahmed Pur East in Bahawalpur District.
Speaking to media, the DGISPR said that the Indian unprovoked attacks would be responded appropriately. He said that initial assessment is being made of the damages and further information would be shared soon.
“Pakistan would respond to Indian attacks at the time and place of our own choosing. These attacks would not go unanswered,” he said.
He said that Pakistan Air Force was on alert and hence Indian jets could not infiltrate into Pakistani airspace.
Earlier, initial media reports suggested that four blasts were heard in Ahmed Pur East while three blasts were heard in Muzaffarabad. Jamia Mosque Subhan was targeted in Ahmed Pur East where according to initial reports, a child was martyred and a woman and a man got injured.
Earlier, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that a clash with India “can happen anytime” amid the ongoing tensions between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir.
The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in one of the deadliest assaults since 2000. India, without investigation or evidence, implied “cross-border linkages” of the attackers. Pakistan has firmly rejected the claim and called for a neutral probe.
Tensions have since spiked, with Pakistan reinforcing its forces as it expected an incursion and India’s premier granting “operational freedom” to his military. As temperatures remain high, with the military warning of a “swift” response to any misadventure by New Delhi, diplomatic channels have remained engaged to prevent conflict.
