Surgical Strikes 2.0: Pakistan FM Says Prepared to Respond and Other Top Developments of the Hour
Maj General Ghafoor has tweeted again saying "No infrastructure got hit, no casualties" in the strike. This claim goes against India's claim of 200-300 casualties.
File photo of a Mirage jet from the Tuesday strike in Balakot, Pakistan.
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The Pakistan Army on Tuesday alleged that the Indian Air Force violated the Line of Control (LoC) in Muzaffarabad sector.
"Indian Air Force violated Line of Control Pakistan. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircraft went back," Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the army, said in a tweet.
There has been no immediate response from India.
The allegation came amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan after the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group that killed 40 CRPF soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Here are the developments on the strike so far:
- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned New Delhi not to challenge Islamabad and said that better sense should prevail in India, Radio Pakistan reported. The foreign minister said Pakistan should not be worried over the Indian act as the defenders of the country are fully prepared to respond to any misadventure.
China, Pakistan Foreign Ministers hold telephonic conversation over India's air strikes, said XINHUA, the state-run press agency of the China.
- Pakistani F16s were scrambled to retaliate against IAF Mirage 2000s but turned back due to the size of Indian formation. Western Air Command coordinated the operation.
- Several Indian political leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Subramaniam Swamy, Akhilesh Yadav, Shashi Tharoor among others have reacted on the attack.
- Maj General Ghafoor has tweeted again saying "No infrastructure got hit, no casualties" in the strike.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high-level CCS meeting in New Delhi along with Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and Arun Jaitley.
- The local administration and police in districts adjacent to Indo-Pak border in Punjab have been asked to stay on high alert.
- Karachi-based newspaper Dawn has reported that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has also summoned an emergency meeting to review the situation after Indian air force intruded Pakistan airspace.
- The attack took place in Balakot, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, which is about 50 km (31 miles) from the Line of Control (LoC), which acts as a de facto border between the two countries that have fought three wars since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
- Top Indian government sources have told CNN-News18 that there are nearly 200-300 casualties from IAF strike.
- The operation, which dropped nearly 1000 kgs of bombs, lasted for about 20 minutes. The last time IAF crossed the LoC and used Mirage jets was during the 1971 war.
"Indian Air Force violated Line of Control Pakistan. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircraft went back," Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the army, said in a tweet.
There has been no immediate response from India.
The allegation came amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan after the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group that killed 40 CRPF soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Here are the developments on the strike so far:
- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned New Delhi not to challenge Islamabad and said that better sense should prevail in India, Radio Pakistan reported. The foreign minister said Pakistan should not be worried over the Indian act as the defenders of the country are fully prepared to respond to any misadventure.
China, Pakistan Foreign Ministers hold telephonic conversation over India's air strikes, said XINHUA, the state-run press agency of the China.
- Pakistani F16s were scrambled to retaliate against IAF Mirage 2000s but turned back due to the size of Indian formation. Western Air Command coordinated the operation.
- Several Indian political leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Subramaniam Swamy, Akhilesh Yadav, Shashi Tharoor among others have reacted on the attack.
- Maj General Ghafoor has tweeted again saying "No infrastructure got hit, no casualties" in the strike.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high-level CCS meeting in New Delhi along with Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and Arun Jaitley.
- The local administration and police in districts adjacent to Indo-Pak border in Punjab have been asked to stay on high alert.
- Karachi-based newspaper Dawn has reported that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has also summoned an emergency meeting to review the situation after Indian air force intruded Pakistan airspace.
- The attack took place in Balakot, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, which is about 50 km (31 miles) from the Line of Control (LoC), which acts as a de facto border between the two countries that have fought three wars since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
- Top Indian government sources have told CNN-News18 that there are nearly 200-300 casualties from IAF strike.
- The operation, which dropped nearly 1000 kgs of bombs, lasted for about 20 minutes. The last time IAF crossed the LoC and used Mirage jets was during the 1971 war.