India launches missile attacks on Multiple locations in Pakistan,

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Missile strikes in Bahawalpur, Kotli, Muzaffarabad by India: DG ISPR​

Sanaullah Khan | Dawn.com | AFP | Reuters
May 6, 2025

Visuals from Bahwalpur on Wednesday. — DawnNewsTV

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry early on Wednesday said that missile strikes were fired by India at Kotli, Bahwalpur and Muzaffarabad in a “cowardly attack” amid intense tensions between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir.

Speaking to ARY News at 1:06am, DG Chaudhry said: “Some time ago from now, the cowardly enemy India launched air strikes on Subhanullah mosque in Bahwalpur’s Ahmed East area, Kotli and Muzaffarabad at three places from the air.

“All of our air force jets are airborne. This cowardly and shameful attack was carried out from within India’s airspace. They were never allowed to come and intrude into the space of Pakistan.”

He noted: “Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered.”


When questioned about potential casualties, DG ISPR said that damage assessments are ongoing and that he would provide more information at a later point.

“This temporary happiness that India has achieved with this cowardly attack will be replaced with enduring grief.”

Multiple loud explosions were heard in Azad Jammu and Kashmir area close to the mountains around the city of Muzaffarabad after midnight, multiple Reuters witnesses said.

After the explosions, the city’s power was blacked out, the witnesses said.

Confirming the development, the Indian government said armed forces launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting multiple sites in Pakistan and AJK.

No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted, the statement added.

The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in one of the deadliest assaults since 2000. India, without investigation or evidence, implied “cross-border linkages” of the attackers. Pakistan has firmly rejected the claim and called for a neutral probe.

Tensions have since spiked, with Pakistan reinforcing its forces as it expected an incursion and India’s premier granting “operational freedom” to his military. As temperatures remain high, with the military warning of a “swift” response to any misadventure by New Delhi, diplomatic channels have remained engaged to prevent conflict.

Ready at any time: Khawaja Asif​

Earlier, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that a clash with India “can happen anytime” amid the ongoing tensions between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the headquarters of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) earlier in the day, where he was briefed on the country’s preparation for a “conventional threat”. Asif was also part of the visit.

Speaking in an interview on Geo News show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’ on the briefings in the ISI HQ, the defence minister reiterated that he had already said before that a clash with India was imminent.

“That is still imminent today and can happen anytime,” he said, adding that a confrontation could be “one of the choice” India could want to adopt but “we have developed a countermeasure for every choice, whether that is a surgical strike or ground attack or air attack or naval engagement.

“We are ready for them everywhere at all times.”

He said the “crux” of today’s briefing was that “every kind of incursion or attack is being expected from them.”

Asif added that the briefing also delved into Pakistan’s strategy for responding to any situation.

Missile strikes in Bahawalpur, Kotli, Muzaffarabad by India: DG ISPR

“Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered," DG ISPR vows.

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India launches missile attacks on three locations in Pakistan, DG ISPR confirms​

• Missile strikes fired at Kotli, Bahwalpur, and Muzaffarabad
• Pakistan will respond at a time and place of its own choosing, says military spokesperson

BR Web Desk
May 7, 2025


India has launched missile attacks on three locations inside Pakistan, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed late on Tuesday.

The ISPR spokesperson said the missiles were launched at Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities.

“We will retaliate at the time of our choosing,” said the military spokesperson.


He added that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets were airborne, and the Indian fighter jets were not allowed to violate Pakistan’s airspace.

He said Masjid SubhanAllah, near Ahmedpur Sharqia was attack.

 

[Jinn Baba]

Two IAF jets shot down, one definitely Rafale. Indian Army brigade headquarters destroyed!!!

 

[El Sidd]

Ticket to Pakistan booked.

 

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Pakistan downs 2 Indian jets as retaliation for late-night strikes at 5 sites: state media​

Sanaullah Khan | Dawn.com | AFP | Reuters | Nadir Guramani
May 6, 2025

Visuals from Bahwalpur on Wednesday. — DawnNewsTV


The Pakistan military has brought down two Indian jets in retaliation for late-night strikes by its neighbouring country launched after midnight at the sites of Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad, state media reported.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said three Pakistanis were martyred and 12 were injured in “cowardly” missile strikes by India in Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad after midnight for which retaliation by the military was already under way.

The strikes come as tensions have escalated intensely between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

A statement by state broadcaster PTV News, quoting security sources, said: “Pakistani forces are giving a befitting reply to Indian aggression. According to initial reports, the Pakistan Air Force has shot down two enemy aircraft. All Pakistani Air Force aircraft are safe. Pakistan armed forces are giving a befitting reply to the enemy’s aggression.”







PTV reported that Pakistan had also destroyed an Indian brigade headquarters in a retaliatory strike. It did not specify the location of the retaliatory strike.

A post from the broadcaster said that India is being given a “befitting response” at multiple locations.






PTV additionally reported that an Indian checkpost in the Dudhnial sector along the Line of Control was destroyed in a missile strike.

“Pak forces are responding to the naked aggression of the enemy,” the broadcaster said, citing security sources.






Speaking to ARY News at 1:06am, DG Chaudhry said: “Some time ago from now, the cowardly enemy India launched air strikes on Subhanullah mosque in Bahwalpur’s Ahmed East area, Kotli and Muzaffarabad at three places from the air.

“All of our air force jets are airborne. This cowardly and shameful attack was carried out from within India’s airspace. They were never allowed to come and intrude into the space of Pakistan.”

He noted: “Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered.”

When questioned about potential casualties, DG ISPR said that damage assessments are ongoing and that he would provide more information at a later point.

“This temporary happiness that India has achieved with this cowardly attack will be replaced with enduring grief.”






Shortly after, he provided a draft of the damage assessment while speaking on Geo News.

He said Kotli, Bahawalpur’s Ahmedpur East, Bagh, Muzaffarabad and Muridke were struck, according to the draft assessment.

“In Ahmedpur East, we have information about the martyrdom of a child and 12 people injured,” DG Chaudhry said. “Two civilians were martyred in Kotli,” he further said.

“We know that a mosque was struck [in Ahmedpur]; ordinance landed on a house near it,” he added. “Parents and a child are stuck and being rescued.”

The DG ISPR said that a mosque in Kotli was also attacked. “These attacks on mosques indicate the RSS Hindutva ideology, as they have targeted mosques,” he said.

In Muzaffarabad, a missile landed on the road. It did not cause any damage, but a further assessment is being carried out, he said.

“I want to tell you that Pakistan’s retaliation is underway on the ground and in the air.”

A post on X by state broadcaster PTV News, quoting security sources, said Pakistan has begun its retaliatory action.

“In the cowardly attack, one innocent child has been martyred so far, while one woman and one man are seriously injured. India targeted innocent Pakistanis in a cowardly attack under the cover of night,” the statement said.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told ARY News that civilian areas were attacked.

“The attacks were carried out on civilian areas,” Asif said, adding that the “cowards” attacked from their own airspace. “They never left their house. Let them come out, we will respond fittingly.”

When asked about Pakistan’s decisions, Asif replied that Pakistan will retaliate.

“We will give a far greater response than their own strike,” the minister said. “Not only did they attack civilians but they did it from their own airspace.”

On Geo News, Asif clarified that the strikes were launched from within India’s airspace.

“Women and children have been martyred in civilian areas. India is claiming it was targeting terrorist camps,” he said. “There is no such thing, international media can visit the targets so that India’s lies are exposed. We are offering international media to come wherever attacks have happened.”

The defence minister further said: “They don’t have the courage to attack us in our airspace, and they are firing on women and children. Mosques have been destroyed.”

He vowed that “we will give a befitting response,” he said. “They will immediately receive their due.”

Multiple loud explosions were heard in Azad Jammu and Kashmir close to the mountains around the city of Muzaffarabad after midnight, multiple Reuters witnesses said.

After the explosions, the city’s power was blacked out, the witnesses said.

 

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Confirming the development, the Indian government said: “A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor” and hit infrastructure in Pakistan and AJK from which it alleged “terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed”.

“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,” it said in the statement.

When asked by reporters at the White House about the strikes, US President Donald Trump called India’s actions “shameful”.

“It’s a shame we just heard about it … I guess people knew something was going to happen, based on a little bit of the past. They’ve been fighting for a long time,” he said. “They’ve been fighting for many decades … I just hope it ends very quickly.”

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[Jinn Baba]

I sincerely hope and pray that our forces f3ck these s3umbags over so much that they remember it for generations! It needs to happen now, or they will never stop - not at this attack or the Indus water treaty.

 

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Pakistan airspace closed as of now following Indian strikes: sources​

Meanwhile, sources in the Civil Aviation Authority said Pakistan’s airspace was to be completely closed and the Islamabad International Airport was closed for flights, with all flights diverted to Karachi airport.

The sources said the airspace was initially closed for 48 hours and all flights were cancelled, with passengers advised to return home.

“Major change in air routes in the region. All foreign flights rerouted to Pakistani airspace. Foreign flights leave Pakistani airspace and head towards the Arabian Sea. Flights withdrawn from Pak-India airspace, new route to the Arabian Sea adopted. International flights away from Pakistani airspace,” the sources said.

Ready at any time: Khawaja Asif​

Earlier, Asif said that a clash with India “can happen anytime” amid the ongoing tensions between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the headquarters of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) earlier in the day, where he was briefed on the country’s preparation for a “conventional threat”. Asif was also part of the visit.

Speaking in an interview on Geo News show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’ on the briefings in the ISI HQ, the defence minister reiterated that he had already said before that a clash with India was imminent.

“That is still imminent today and can happen anytime,” he said, adding that a confrontation could be “one of the choice” India could want to adopt but “we have developed a countermeasure for every choice, whether that is a surgical strike or ground attack or air attack or naval engagement.

 

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The STRATCOM Bureau
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The STRATCOM Bureau can now OFFICIALLY CONFIRM that the #Pakistan Air Force has shot down an Su-30MKI of #India’s Air Force near Akhnoor. The Indian fighter jet was shot down by a Pakistani fighter using air to air missiles.

A second Indian fighter was shot down by Pakistani long range air defence, the HQ-9 HIMADS.

It is likely the second fighter shot down, the one hit by a Pakistani longe range HQ-9 surface-to-air (SAM) missile is an IAF Dassault Rafale.However at this early point in time the identification of this second Indian fighter jet shot down tonight is still being determined.

An Indian Brigade Headquarters has been subjected to a direct hit by Pakistani missiles.

 

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India claims it attacked nine sites in Pakistan

Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Azaad Kashmir as India claimed it had attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in nine sites.

After the explosions, power was blacked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azaad Kashmir, witnesses said.

“A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’,” the Indian government said in a statement.

“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,” it claimed.

Trump calls Indian aggression a ‘shame’

US President Donald Trump said the Indian strikes against targets in Pakistan were a “shame.”

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had just heard about the intensification of hostilities that had occurred in recent hours.

 

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Why are people posting old videos and images online. They're making a mockery by posting such stuff.

Apparently have also shot down 3rd jet? Can't believe if this is true or not

 

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Why are people posting old videos and images online. They're making a mockery by posting such stuff.

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Apparently have also shot down 3rd jet? Can't believe if this is true or not

India lost 3 Rafales and one Drone.

 

[PurAzamBaHadaf]

India lost 3 Rafales and one Drone.

But there is no evidence of this anywhere except on Pakistani twitter where old pictures have been circulating for hours now.

Is there any verifiable information except for word of mouth?

 

[El Sidd]

Pakistan must follow the doctrine of tactical deterrence in this short war.

 

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But there is no evidence of this anywhere except on Pakistani twitter where old pictures have been circulating for hours now.

Is there any verifiable information except for word of mouth?

Live from BBC report. Live interview of Attaullah Tarar to BBC.

According to latest news, 2 Rafales and one Su-30.

Other sources said Pakistan shot down 5 Indian fighter jets