Pakistan will respond ‘at a time and place of its own choosing’
The spokesman for Pakistan’s armed forces says the military will respond to India’s strikes “at a time and place of its own choosing”.
“It will not go unanswered,” the spokesman said in the statement, carried by the Associated Press of Pakistan.
DG ISPR:
India has struck three places from air.
Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad
All planes of Pakistan Air Force are airborne. All strikes were made by India from its own airspace.
Pakistan will respond to it at a time and place of its own choosing. It will not go… pic.twitter.com/AdL6lIh0jr
— APP (@appcsocialmedia) May 6, 2025
Pakistani ground forces ‘engaged’ with Indian troops along Line of Control in Kashmir
Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar spoke to Al Jazeera earlier about India’s attack and the military response from Pakistan.
- Along the Line of Control in Kashmir, Pakistani ground forces are engaged. There is an exchange of fire going on; we have destroyed a few Indian posts across the Line of Control.
- Air skirmishes are also going on. We’ve shot down five planes. So it’s an ongoing situation which is developing.
- We have a national security meeting, called by the prime minister, at 10am Pakistan time (05:00 GMT). This is our highest forum, which is chaired by the prime minister, the National Security Council.
Pakistan puts death toll at 26
Pakistan’s military now says 26 people have been killed and 46 injured by India’s overnight attacks.
India reports at least eight people on its side have been killed from cross-border shelling from Pakistan.
Where did India hit Pakistan? Mapping Operation Sindoor and border strikes
Just after midnight on Wednesday, India’s army launched Operation Sindoor, hitting nine sites it described as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan’s armed forces said India’s military attacked six different places in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, launching 24 strikes, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 35.
Since then, heavy shelling has taken place across the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.
Check out our explainer here to find out where India’s strikes took place, and where Pakistan has hit back.
India’s defence minister claims attacks did not affect civilians
Rajnath Singh has claimed that India’s overnight attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir did not harm civilians, contradicting Pakistani government claims of civilian casualties.
“We only hit those who killed innocents,” the defence minister was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
“Under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi, our Indian armed forces have made us all proud,” he added.
As we previously reported, Pakistan’s National Security Committee issued a statement accusing India of “unjustified attacks” that “deliberately targeted the civilian areas, on the false pretext of presence of imaginary terrorist camps”.
One of the injured children brought to hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir
Pakistan’s PM addresses parliament
“I want to congratulate all the honourable members that last night, our enemy thought that it would be a dark night, tried to attack us through the dark like how it has been in the past,” Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif says.
“By the grace of God, with the prayers of our people, this act of aggression has been befittingly answered,” he continued.
Here are some notable quotes from his speech:
- “On April 22, Pahalgam … had a sad incident. Indian media and politicians went on to make false allegations against Pakistan. They tried to show the world that, God forbid, Pakistan is behind this incident.”
- “I said [at the time] Pakistan has no linkages with this incident, and I went on to say that if anyone has any issues, then they should go ahead with an international commission and Pakistan will cooperate so that things could come clear.”
- “Last night, they [India] had, all in all, 80 jets with which they attacked six places in Pakistan, including two in [Pakistani-administered Kashmir].”
- “The Pakistani side was completely ready. …Our jets did not [leave] our airspace.”
- “The moment the Indian side released payloads, we engaged their jets and shot five Indian jets … some of which fell in Indian-occupied Kashmir and one in Bathinda.”
Now we have two nuclear armed countries ready to go to full scale war...
