India-Pakistan Fighting: Pakistan confirms attacks on Indian military targets

Pakistan’s military ‘response is under way’ to Indian attack

Kamal Hyder, Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan

Reports have come in, confirmed by Pakistani military sources, that at least two (Indian) aircraft were shot down. We are now getting reports of a possible third fixed-wing aircraft also being shot down.

The Indian attack unfolded just after midnight (Wednesday) local Pakistan time (19:00 GMT on Tuesday). We were able to observe a number of fighter aircraft… we could hear the noise of possible Pakistani aircraft on their way towards the Indian positions because now, we are told that Pakistan is giving its response. That response is under way.

Pakistani sources are also now saying that they have destroyed a brigade headquarters.

I spoke to one of our reporters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. He said there was heavy shelling going on along the Line of Control. That the civilian population was leaving those areas and, of course, an emergency has also been declared in Pakistani-administer Kashmir.

In hospitals, all staff leave has been cancelled.

Pakistani minister claims downed third Indian jet, drone

Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar now says that a third Indian jet, as well as an Indian drone, have been “shot down by Pakistan.”

“Pakistan has befittingly retaliated against Indian Aggression,” Tarar said in a post on X.

There was no immediate comment from India.

Pakistan says 2 mosques targeted in India strikes

A Pakistani military spokesman told the broadcaster Geo that sites struck by India included two mosques.

Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, told Geo that all sites targeted by India were civilian and not infrastructure of armed groups. He said India’s claim of targeting “camps of terrorists is false”.

India blamed Pakistan for violence in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, in which 26 men were killed, and had promised to respond. Pakistan denied it had anything to do with the killings and said it had intelligence that India was planning to attack.

Pakistan’s Defense Minister claims more planes shot down, soldiers captured

Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Asif said that Pakistan has shot down five Indian planes and has also taken some Indian soldiers prisoner.

We’ve been reporting on Pakistan’s claims it has shot down Indian fighter jets, but Indian officials have yet to comment.

At least 8 killed in Pakistan as six locations hit by Indian missiles: ISPR chief

Abid Hussain, Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan

Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan’s armed forces, delivered a brief late-night news conference in which he revealed that at least eight Pakistanis were killed and at least 35 more were injured in the Indian missile attacks.

Chaudhry said that India’s military attacked six different locations in Pakistan, launching a total of 24 strikes.

The biggest attack was in Ahmedpur Sharqia, near Bahawalpur city in Punjab province. According to Chaudhry, a mosque compound was hit and five people were killed, including a 3-year-old girl.

Other attacks took place in Muridke city, a village near the city of Sialkot, and Shakargarh, also in Punjab province.

Two locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir – Muzzafarabad and Kotli – were also hit and two mosques were destroyed. A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were killed in the attacks.

The military spokesperson did not provide any information regarding earlier claims of the downing of Indian jets.

UAE foreign minister urges restraint

In a statement, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed has called on both India and Pakistan to “exercise restraint, de-escalate tensions, and avoid further escalation that could threaten regional and international peace”.

Zayed “reaffirmed that diplomacy and dialogue remain the most effective means of peacefully resolving crises, and achieving the shared aspirations of nations for peace, stability, and prosperity”, the statement said.

Airports closed in Indian-administered Kashmir, northern India

India’s NDTV broadcaster is reporting that the airport in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, has been closed to civilians.

India’s IndiGo airline has also advised passengers that flights to and from several airports are being affected by “changing airspace conditions in the region”.

According to IndiGo, the airports affected include Srinagar and Leh, in Indian-administered Kashmir, as well as Amritsar, Chandigarh, Bikaner, and Dharamshala, in northern India.

India’s SpiceJet also said, in a post on X, that airports in “parts of northern India” were closed “due to ongoing situation”.

Pakistan ‘not mincing its words’, confirms attacks on Indian military targets

Kamal Hyder, Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, speaking to a foreign TV network, confirmed that at least five Indian aircraft have been shot down and that several Indian soldiers have been taken prisoner.

This is according to the Pakistani defence minister.

Pakistan said that it would respond to any Indian attack against Pakistan, and Pakistan is now responding to that Indian attack.

We are told that at least one infantry brigade headquarters has been destroyed. Heavy shelling has now resumed on the Line of Control that separates Pakistan-administered Kashmir from Indian-administered Kashmir.

Pakistan and India were both warned by the United States and friendly countries, including the United Nations secretary-general, who had asked both countries to exercise maximum restraint.

The Indian side said that they struck non-military targets but Pakistan is not mincing its words, saying that they had attacked Indian military targets in reprisal for what Pakistan says was an attack on innocent civilians.

People across Pakistan are now on the streets. They were woken up after that Indian strike.

A state of emergency was declared in the hospitals. All hospital staff have been asked to report to duty and that is the same situation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Rubio says monitoring situation closely

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is “monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan closely.”

“I echo (Trump’s) comments earlier today that this hopefully ends quickly and will continue to engage both Indian and Pakistani leadership towards a peaceful resolution,” Rubio wrote in a post on X.

As we reported earlier, the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC said India had briefed Rubio shortly after the attacks against Pakistan.

Schools closed in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab, says that educational institutions will remain closed tomorrow “in view of public safety”.

Sharif said that examinations in universities and colleges would also be postponed, with the exception of tests administered by international examining bodies.

Airlines, including Air India and Qatar Airways, suspend or divert flights

A growing list of airlines are suspending or rerouting flights.

Air India has announced the cancellation of all flights to and from nine cities, including Jammu, Srinagar and Leh in Indian-administered Kashmir, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat, and Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab.

The airline said the routes would be suspended until midday on Wednesday, pending updates from authorities.

India’s SpiceJet and IndiGo have said that flights to and from destinations in northern India, including Jammu and  Dharamshala, have been affected.

Pakistan International Airlines has announced the diversion of already airborne flights to Karachi.

Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to Pakistan due to the closure of Pakistani airspace.

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