May 10, 2025 07:18 AM IST
Pakistan claimed that India targeted three air bases there – Nur Khan, Murid and Rafiqui. However, he did not provide any details to back his claims.
People woke up to loud explosions in several cities across Jammu and Kashmir early Saturday morning as military tensions between India and Pakistan are escalating. Pakistan’s military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry claimed at a press briefing at 4am (local time) that Indian drones and missiles targeted three air bases there.
Following this, Pakistan’s state-run television said the country was retaliating and targeting “multiple locations in India”, according to a report by Associated Press.
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This escalation comes after India said it hit back at Pakistan on Friday night after repelling Pakistani drone strikes on 26 locations in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. In an armed drone strike, three civilians were injured in Punjab’s Ferozepur town last night.
Here is what we know so far-
- Pakistan’s Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry said during a press briefing that India targeted three air bases there – Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal) and Rafiqui (Shorkot in Jhang district). However, he did not provide any details to back his claims.
- He also claimed that Pakistan’s air defence system intercepted most of the missiles and that “all of the assets of the Air Force remain safe.” Pakistan’s army spokesperson claimed that some of India’s missiles hit Punjab in India and some went into Afghanistan too.
- Amid the ongoing military escalation between India and Pakistan, the group of seven (G7) countries have urged both the nations to show maximum restraint and engage in direct dialogue. The statement also condemned the April 22 terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.
- “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, strongly condemn the egregious terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 and urge maximum restraint from both India and Pakistan. Further military escalation poses a serious threat to regional stability. We are deeply concerned for the safety of civilians on both sides,” the statement read.
- Loud explosions are being heard in several cities across Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar, Jammu, Udhampur and more since early Saturday morning.
