Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday announced that his country's military is "ready to refrain" from further action "if" India stops right now with its ongoing 'Operation Sindoor'.
Earlier, the Pakistan army said that at least 26 people were killed and 46 injured in the Indian strikes launched shortly after midnight on cities in the Punjab province and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday announced that his country's military is "ready to refrain" from further action "if" India stops right now with its ongoing 'Operation Sindoor'.
The explosive statement comes at a time when the world is waiting for Pakistan's response to India's sudden attack on terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on the intervening night of May 6–7.
The Indian government on Wednesday said that the Indian military carried out a "measured, non-escalatory, proportionate, and responsible" strike to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan to "deter and to pre-empt" any further terrorist strikes to retaliate the Pahalgam attack.
Earlier, the Pakistan army said that at least 26 people were killed and 46 injured in the Indian strikes launched shortly after midnight on cities in the Punjab province and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif during an interview with Bloomberg Television stated, "This has been initiated by India. If India is ready to back down, they have taken the initiative, we have just responded. We have been saying this that we will never initiate anything hostile towards India. But if we are attacked, we will respond. If India backs down, we will definitely wrap up these things. But as long as we are under fire, we have to respond."
Pakistan라이브 바카라 high-level security huddle on Wednesday discussed the situation arising out of the Indian missile attack.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting, which was attended by cabinet ministers, chief ministers, all services chiefs and senior officers.
The NSC meeting lasted for more than two hours and discussed the security situation at length.
However, no decisions were announced as Sharif has summoned a cabinet meeting at 3:30 pm to further discuss the developments. “Later, he would share the decisions regarding the ongoing tension with the nation through his address in the parliament,” officials said.
Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry claimed “no time Indian aircraft was allowed to enter Pakistan and no Pakistani aircraft entered India. All Pakistan Air Force (PAF) assets are safe.” Operation Sindoor was launched in retaliation for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22 that killed 26 people.