Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he would respond strongly to any future “terrorist attack,” stating that New Delhi would not tolerate “nuclear blackmail” in the event of further conflict with Pakistan.
Pakistan has rejected recent Indian media reports claiming that Pakistani drones violated the Line of Control (LoC), calling the allegations “fabricated and baseless,” according to security sources.
“Indian media is once again airing false and concocted stories about Pakistani drone activity near the LoC,” the sources said, adding that no Pakistani drone had crossed the border or violated Indian airspace.
Security officials described the Indian claims as a “bundle of lies,” consistent with what they characterised as India’s long-standing pattern of misinformation.
Asserting that the real violations were being committed by India, the sources noted that “Pakistan has been fully adhering to the ceasefire agreement.” “In reality, it is Indian drones that have been breaching the ceasefire along the Line of Control and Working Boundary,” they added.
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US President Donald Trump said that US intervention had prevented a “bad nuclear war”. “We stopped a nuclear conflict… millions of people could have been killed. So I’m very proud of that,” he told reporters at the White House.
Modi, in a televised address to the nation – his first since launching an attack on Pakistan – claimed Pakistan has chosen to attack rather than help it fight “terrorism”. “If another terrorist attack against India is carried out, a strong response will be given,” he said.
“If Pakistan wants to survive, it will have to destroy its terror infrastructure,” he said, adding “India will strike with precision and decisiveness against the terrorist groups thriving under the cover of nuclear blackmail. India’s stand is very clear. Terror and talks cannot go together… Terror and trade cannot go together… Water and blood cannot flow together.”
The conflict followed an April 22 attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) which killed 26 civilians. India accused Pakistan of backing the attack, but Islamabad denied involvement.
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The alarming spiral towards all-out war began before dawn on Wednesday, when India launched missile attacks, targeting civilian areas and resulting in the loss of innocent lives.
In response, the Pakistani military hit 26 Indian military facilities and dozens of Pakistani drones hovered over major Indian cities, including capital New Delhi, in the offensive operations on Saturday, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Sunday.
The chief military spokesperson said that the Pakistan Armed Forces fulfilled the promise they made to the nation to avenge the martyrdom of innocent civilians, including children, in strikes in the night between May 6 and 7.
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