‘Will not go unpunished, resolute response is underway’, warns Pakistan after India unleashes Operation Sindoor
In a post on X, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted that Islamabad reserves the right to respond to the Indian missile attack.
As India launched a military strike on nine terror hotbeds in Pakistan – four in Pakistan, including Bahawalpur, Muridke, and Sialkot, and five in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) – Islamabad warned New Delhi saying that the strikes “will not go unpunished”.
In a post on X, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted that Islamabad reserves the right to respond to the Indian missile attack.
“A resolute response is already underway.”
Shehbaz Sharif said, “The treacherous enemy has launched a cowardly attack on five locations within Pakistan. This heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished.”
“The entire nation stands united behind its armed forces, and our morale and resolve remain unshaken. Our thoughts and prayers are with the brave officers and soldiers of Pakistan.”
“The people of Pakistan and its forces are fully prepared to confront and defeat any threat with our strength and determination. The enemy will never be allowed to achieve its malicious aims.”
The military strikes have been conducted two weeks after a brutal terror attack in Pahalgam killed at least 26 persons, mostly tourists.
INDIA MILITARY STRIKE ON PAKISTAN
In a major operation early on Wednesday morning, the Navy, the Indian Army and the Air Force launched a joint operation on terror hotbeds in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to eliminate Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders involved in planning and executing terrorist attacks in India.
India's military operation comes two weeks after 26 persons were killed in Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam.
The Ministry of Defence, in its statement, said, “A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR', hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.”
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“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” the statement added.
Pakistan, meanwhile, has claimed that it shot down 3 Rafale Planes, 1 SU-30 and 1 MIG-29 flown by India while they were in the Indian airspace.
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