RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said the Pakistan Army has shot down 5 fighter jets and another armed drone.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the military spokesperson said that among the destroyed IAF fighter jets are three French-made Rafales, one Su-30MKI, and one MIG-29 Fulcrum.
Wreckage of Indian fighter jets can be seen near Awantipora, Bathinda, Akhnoor, and Srinagar.
Indian strikes have resulted in 26 innocent civilians being martyred and 46 people being injured. India targeted the civilian population in a cowardly attack and repeated its cowardly history on the night of May 6-7, DG ISPR said.
A brigade headquarters of the Indian Army was also destroyed in the Pakistan Army operation.
General Sharif said that India repeated its “cowardly history” by launching attacks on Pakistan under the cover of darkness.
He said that Indian forces targeted civilian areas, resulting in significant casualties.
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Qatar offers to mediate
In a telephonic talk with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, said that his country wanted to play its role in de-escalating the current situation in the region.
While thanking Qatar for its solidarity and support to Pakistan at this difficult time, PM Shehbaz strongly condemned India’s missile strikes targeting six sites in Pakistan as an unprovoked act of war.
The Prime Minister of Qatar expressed condolences for the loss of precious lives and appreciated Pakistan’s commitment to fostering peace in South Asia, state-run APP reported.
India’s top airline cancels 165 flights
IndiGo, India’s leading airline, has cancelled its 165 flights from 11 locations due to the clashes between Pakistan and India’s armed forces.
According to the company’s statement, the cancelled flights include those scheduled in Srinagar, where operations have been severely disrupted.
IndiGo, which operates more than 2,200 flights daily, is among the worst-affected airlines due to the flare-up in violence, with its shares dropping as much as 3.1 percent.
India ignites inferno in region: NSC
Pakistan’s National Security Committee on Wednesday maintained that India, against all sanity and rationality, has once again ignited an inferno in the region; the responsibility for ensuing consequences shall lie squarely with India.
“Attacking its innocent people is neither tolerable nor acceptable to Pakistan,” the forum said.
In its statement after the meeting, the NSC said it deliberated upon the “grave developments arising out of India’s unprovoked, cowardly and unlawful act of war”.
The top civilian and military leadership has termed Indian late-night strikes as blatant violations of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, which manifestly constituted acts of war under international law.
“These unprovoked and unjustified attacks deliberately targeted the civilian areas, on the false pretext of the presence of imaginary terrorist camps, resulting in the martyrdom of innocent men, women, and children, and causing damage to the civilian infrastructure, including mosques,” the NSC highlighted.
It stressed that India’s “act of aggression also caused grave danger to commercial airlines belonging to brotherly Gulf countries, endangering the lives of thousands of on-board passengers”. “Besides, the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project was also deliberately targeted in violation of international conventions.”
‘Pakistan reserves right to respond to India’
In consonance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, Pakistan reserves the right to respond, in self-defence, at a time, place, and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty.
The Armed Forces of Pakistan have duly been authorized to undertake corresponding actions in this regard, the National Security Committee maintained.
“Deeply anguished by India’s naked aggression, the entire Pakistani nation greatly appreciates and admires the bravery and courage of the Armed Forces and their timely action in the defense of their motherland. The nation stands galvanized and resolute in the face of any further aggression,” the statement read.
India hoists white flag at another post
Indian army hoisted the white flag in the Chirikot sector opposite the Sanghar post, state media reported.
“Pakistan Army continues to inflict heavy damage on enemy posts along the Line of Control,” security sources said.
Earlier, the Indian army had also hoisted the white flag in Leepa, Chora Complex Post and Chakothi sector, security sources said. “Waving a white flag during war means admitting defeat.”
Pakistan Army is giving an effective response to the cowardly actions of the Indian Army, sources added.
Indian drone down in Shakargarh, Kotli
After India’s late-night strikes on the civilian population, the Pakistan Army shoots down an Indian Army drone in the Kotli sector, security sources said.
State media reported that the army was trying to infiltrate through drones.
Earlier, an Indian drone was also shot down in the Barnala and Shakargarh sectors, security sources said.
“An unsuccessful attempt to intrude through a drone was made this morning in Shakargarh,” security sources said.
“Pakistan army is busy giving a befitting reply to every aggression of the enemy.”
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’26 civilians martyred, 46 injured’
Providing updates on the situation, he confirmed that Indian strikes on six different locations have so far claimed 26 innocent lives and left 46 others injured.
“13 civilians, including two seven-year-old girls, seven women, and four men, were martyred in Ahmedpur Sharqia, where Masjid Subhanallah was hit,” the DG ISPR added. Thirty-seven others were injured, among them nine women.
3 were martyred, and 2 people were injured in Muzaffarabad, the DG ISPR added.
Near Muzaffarabad, Masjid Bilal was targeted, leading to the deaths of three individuals. A girl and a boy sustained injuries.
In Kotli, Masjid Abbas was struck, resulting in the martyrdom of a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old youth. A mother and her daughter were also injured in the incident.
In Muridke, an attack on a mosque left three men martyred and one wounded.
Meanwhile, no loss of life or property was reported in Sialkot and Shakargarh; however, a dispensary was damaged in Shakargarh, and 5 civilians were martyred due to Indian provocation on LoC, DG ISPR said.
DG ISPR further added that a total of 24 impacts have been reported in India’s late-night strike on Pakistan, with different weapons, in six cities.
These attacks are clear acts of aggression against civilian infrastructure, said the military spokesperson.
General Sharif also announced that members of the national and international media would be taken to the affected areas during the day so that they might witness firsthand what he described as “India’s blatant aggression”.
India targets Neelum-Jhelum Hydro Project
The military spokesperson added that India also targeted the structure of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydro Project, adding that targeting water facilities is a violation of war values and international laws.
Indian army targeted the intake structure on the Neelum River at the Nausiri Dam at 2 am last night, state-run PTV reported.
The Indian shelling damaged the intake gates in the desanders unit. In addition, a hydraulic protection unit of the hydraulic system was also targeted. An ambulance was also damaged in the attack.
Security sources stressed that targeting sensitive sites like water resources is a clear violation of international norms.
Pakistan’s financial system stable, secure: Aurangzeb
An emergency meeting was held in Islamabad today under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Finance, Muhammad Aurangzeb, joining on Zoom to assess the current financial landscape in light of escalating regional tensions following the recent belligerent Indian aggression, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Recognizing the critical importance of market stability, the meeting reaffirmed the government’s firm commitment to maintaining business continuity across all financial and allied sectors.
The Finance Minister reiterated that Pakistan’s financial system remains stable and secure, and that all relevant authorities are working in close coordination to uphold national economic integrity in the face of emerging challenges.
Key assurances were extended to stakeholders, underscoring that robust measures are being implemented to safeguard Pakistan’s economic infrastructure and provide calm, clarity, and confidence to the financial markets.
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