The armed forces of Pakistan, in retaliation strikes, killed five Jets from the Indian Air Force (IAF), a drone and destroyed the brigade headquarters after India has made missile strikes in the cities of Punjab and Azad Cashmere.
The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant-General, Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, confirmed that all Air Force Pakistan planes are safe after having started Indian jets.
Among the destroyed planes of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are three French manufacturing gusts, a SU30MKI and a Fulcrum of the MIG-29, a military spokesman for Reuters confirmed.
The armed forces of Pakistan also destroyed an enemy position in the Dhundial sector of the control line (LOC) and shot down a drone. An intense fire exchange is underway at LOC with the Pakistani army engaging in Indian army positions.
Rapid summary
- India is launching strikes on six sites, including Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad
- The ISPR says that eight martyred Pakistani, 35 injured in attacks against civilians
- Pakistan draws three IAF gusts, 1 SU30MKI and 1 mig-29: ISPR
- Pakistan destroys the headquarters of the Indian brigade, the control station along locations
- PM Shehbaz remembers an NSC emergency meeting at 10 a.m.
Lieutenant-General Chaudhry said early on Wednesday that at least eight Pakistanis were martyred and that 35 were injured in Indian missile attacks against the cities of Punjab and Azad Cachemire.
DG ISPR has developed that India has launched 24 attacks on six sites in Pakistan, and all the targets affected were in a civil nature, most of them being mosques. Indian ammunition also damaged the surrounding residential structures.
Indian strikes come in the middle of increased tensions between nuclear weapons neighbors in the aftermath of an attack on tourists who killed 26 people in the Pahalgam of Jammu-Jammu and Kashmir (Iiojk).
“Pakistan has won the upper hand”
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed that the PAF had shot at least five Indian fighter planes in response to the recent cross -border assault on India.
Addressing PK Press Club News, the Minister of Defense said that Pakistan had gained the top in his reprisals action, while responding to the strikes of the Indian forces with strength and precision.
He stressed that the Pakistani armed forces acted decisively to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“The Pakistani armed forces give an appropriate response to the Indian assault,” the military spokesman said shortly after the launch of Pakistan.
Sources of security earlier told PK Press Club News that the blood of the innocent Pakistanis would be avenged at all costs, stressing that so far, only civilians and unarmed citizens have been targeted by India. They reiterated that the sacrifice of each innocent Pakistanis will be avenged.
Shortly after midnight, explosions were heard in several cities, including Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad, reported the state media.
Strong explosions have also been reported in the mountainous region near Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, according to Reuters witnesses. The explosions sparked a power outage on the city scale, plunging the area into the dark.
“ Shameful and loose attack ”
Lieutenant-General Chaudhry announced a few minutes after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning that the Indian armed forces made missile strikes in the cities of Punjab and the Azad cashmere.
Slamant The attack on India, the military spokesman said: “All of our Air Force planes are in the air. This is a shameful and loose attack that has been transported in India airspace.”
“They have never been allowed to encroach the airspace of Pakistan”.
“Let me say unequivocal, Pakistan will answer this [attack] At a time and a place of choice, “warned the CEO Ispr.” This provocation will not remain unanswered. “”
“There is a temporary happiness that India has accomplished with this loose attack, which will be replaced by a sustainable sorrow,” said the military spokesperson reporting a strong response from Pakistan to the attack.
“Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately”
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared in an act of uninsured and blatant war, the Indian air force, while remaining in Indian airspace, violated Pakistan’s sovereignty using weapons in confrontation, targeting the civilian population through the international border in Muridke and Bahawal and through the control of Kotli and Muzaff Jammu and Kashmir.
“The act of aggression of India has led to the martyrdom of civilians, especially women and children. This act of aggression also caused a serious threat to commercial air traffic, “said FO spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan.
“We strongly condemn the loose action of India, which constitutes a blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and established standards of interstate relations.”
In the wake of Pahalgam’s attack, Indian management once again used terrorism bogey to advance its impossible story of victimization, compromising regional peace and security, the FO declared that the reckless action of India has brought the two nuclear armed states of a major conflict closer.
“The situation continues to evolve. Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately at a time and a place of choice, in accordance with article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and as devoted to international law. ”
He also said: “The government, the armed forces and the inhabitants of Pakistan are united in the face of Indian aggression. They will always act with an iron resolution to protect and preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan.”
Pakistani tensions
The two nuclear arms neighbors have experienced a period of increased tensions since the April 22 attack against tourists in the picturesque seaside resort, at least 26 people were killed.
New Delhi has linked Islamabad to the attack without offering any evidence and took a burst of punitive measures to demarcate the links, in particular by suspending the Water Treaty of the Indus, revoking the visas of the Pakistanis and closing the border passage of Wagah-Attari among others.
Islamabad, in response, ordered the expulsion of Indian diplomats and military advisers, canceling visas for Indian nationals, with the exception of Sikhs pilgrims and closing the main border crossing on its side.
Pakistan also denies its involvement in the attack and has proposed to participate in a credible and transparent investigation.
Pakistan warned that it had credible intelligence reports concerning the military action of India in the coming days.
This is a story in development and will be updated with more details.
