Pakistan's Response to India's Military Strikes: What You Need to Know
Pakistan's government reserves the right to respond to India's military strikes in territories controlled by Islamabad. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has vowed a befitting reply to what Pakistan considers an act of war.
The Pakistan government has reserved the right to respond at a time, place, and manner of its choosing to India's military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Islamabad. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that Pakistan has the right to retaliate to the military strikes launched by India under operation Sindoor, targeting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) early on Wednesday morning.
The Pakistani military's media arm reported that 26 people were killed and 46 injured at six locations. Following a meeting of the National Security Committee attended by the three service chiefs, an official statement was released stating that Pakistan reserves the right to respond, in self-defense, at a time, place, and manner of its choosing in order to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty.
The government has authorized Pakistan's armed forces to undertake corresponding actions in this regard. Chief military spokesman Lt. General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated at a media briefing that Pakistan reserves the right and will respond to this aggression at a time, place, and means of its own choice. He also claimed that the strikes targeted the Neelam-Jhelum hydropower project and Nauseri Dam.