Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif claimed that on the night of 9-10 May, the country had planned to reply to India in a “Nap-Tule Andaz”, but India launched BrahMos missiles before Pakistan took action.
Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkish-Azerbaijan tripartite summit in Lachin, he said, “On the night of 9-10 May, we decided to respond to the Indian invasion in a furious manner. Our armed forces were ready to attack again after the prayer of Fajr at 4.30 am. According to the NDTV, according to NDTV, we attacked the Missiles including Rawalpindi Airports and targeted the Missiles of Pakistan.”
The Prime Minister of Pakistan had earlier claimed the same claim, stating that Indian ballistic missiles attacked Noor Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi on May 10, besides other locations in Pakistan.
At an event at the Pakistan Memorial in Islamabad earlier this month, he said, “On the night of 9-10 May, around 2:30 pm, General Asif Munir called me via a safe phone and told that India has launched its ballistic missiles. A Noor Khan has landed on the airbase and some other areas have landed,” he said. Information about the missile attacks was given by Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir.
Tension in India increased after a terrorist attack on 22 April in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, in which at least 26 civilians were killed. As retaliation, India started Operation Sindoor on 7 May, in which nine terrorist bases in Pakistan were targeted. Pakistan also started Operation Banyan-al-Marsus two days later. After four days of firing from across the border and drone attacks, India and Pakistan announced an immediate ceasefire on 10 May.
Initiative of peace talks:
Sharif has mentioned in recent speeches that Pakistan and India should talk to resolve all disputes. “We want to resolve all disputes including Kashmir issue and water issues through dialogue.” He said, “If they choose to be aggressive, we will protect our territory, as we have done a few days ago,” Hindustan Times said with Sharif.
However, Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a weekly media briefing that, “We would like to repeat that terrorism and conversation cannot go together.”
He said that Pakistan needs to hand over India to the infamous terrorists whose records and list was submitted by India to Pakistan a few years ago. Jaiswal said, “The talks on Jammu and Kashmir will only happen when the PoK is vacant and when Pakistan hands us this area. As far as the Indus Water Treaty is concerned, it will remain postponed until Pakistan relinquishly and irreplacefully give up its support to terrorism across the border.”
