Casualties from Indian missile strikes escalate to 31, confirms Director-General ISPR
At least 31 souls were lost and 57 more were injured in Indian missile assaults at six locations within Pakistan during the early hours of a Wednesday, as detailed by the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry during his latest press conference.
The spokesperson claimed that India targeted innocent civilians, including children, a despicable act he likened to terrorism. He implored that Pakistan retains the right to respond to these unprovoked attacks.
In the same conference, he revealed that the National Security Committee's declaration allowed the military to respond to Indian aggression at their own discretion. The DG ISPR also announced that Pakistan forces managed to shoot down Indian drones and jets, keeping all Pakistan aircraft secure.
He accused India of bombarding civilian populations and crucial infrastructure like dams, blatant violations of international regulations, particularly the Geneva Conventions.
"Civilians and essential infrastructure like dams should not be targeted during conflict," the DG ISPR asserted, accusing India of breaching international humanitarian law.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his resolve to retaliate against every causality from the Indian missile strikes in a televised address. He decried India's repeated failure to cooperate in a transparent, independent inquiry into the Pahalgam attack.
"Instead of cooperating, India resorted to these heinous attacks, underestimating our resolve not to back down," the premier declared.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a stern warning to India about a response to the recent attacks, promising Pakistan's reply "is yet to come." He reiterated Pakistan's disdain for war but insisted it retained the right to respond to being aggressed upon.
"They attacked us, our people, our land...prepare because our response is yet to come," Bilawal emphasized in the National Assembly.
- The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, compared India's targeting of innocent civilians to terrorism.
- The National Security Committee's declaration allows Pakistan's military to respond to Indian aggression at their own discretion, as revealed by the DG ISPR.
- The DG ISPR accused India of bombarding civilian populations and crucial infrastructure like dams, which violate international regulations, particularly the Geneva Conventions.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned India's repeated failure to cooperate in a transparent, independent inquiry into the Pahalgam attack and declared his resolution to retaliate against every casualty from the Indian missile strikes.
- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned India about a response to the recent attacks and promised Pakistan's reply "is yet to come," emphasizing that Pakistan retains the right to respond to being aggressed upon in the political arena of war-and-conflicts, policy-and-legislation, crime-and-justice, and general news.
