India-Pakistan Fighting: PM Sharif says Pakistan responding to attacks

India-Pakistan Fighting: PM Sharif says Pakistan responding to attacks

PM Sharif says Pakistan responding to attacks

Wednasday, May 7, 2025

In a post on X, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decried the strike as an “act of war”.

“Pakistan has every right to give a befitting reply to this act of war imposed by India and a befitting reply is being given,” he said.

“The enemy will never be allowed to succeed in his nefarious objectives,” he said, adding that the morale of the Pakistani nation is high.

India accuses Pakistan of firing into village in Indian-administered Kashmir

The Indian military says Pakistan fired into Bhimber Gali, a village near the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Pakistan- and India-administered Kashmir.

In a post on X, the army said it is “responding appropriately in a calibrated manner”.

‘It’s a shame,’ Trump says of India-Pakistan escalation

US President Donald Trump has been asked by reporters about the ongoing crisis.

“It’s a shame. We just heard about it as we were walking in the doors of the Oval (Office),” he said.

“I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past. They’ve been fighting for a long time,” the US president added.

"I hope it ends very quickly."

Pakistan’s PM summons National Security Committee

Shehbaz Sharif has summoned the National Security Committee to meet at 10am (05:00 GMT) today, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar has said, according to state broadcaster Pakistan Television.

Head of Pakistan’s Punjab province tells residents to stay in their homes

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab, has urged residents to avoid leaving their homes “unnecessarily” and to heed instructions from the authorities following India’s attacks.

In a statement shared on social media, she also instructed hospitals, rescue workers, and other state institutions to “remain on alert on an emergency basis”.

“We want peace, but with respect. If war is imposed, the entire nation will become an army,” the chief minister said.

Pakistan will defend its sovereignty ‘by all means’: Foreign minister

Ishaq Dar has denounced India’s attacks as a “flagrant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty”.

“It has jeopardized regional peace,” the foreign minister wrote on X, adding that the country would defend its “sovereignty & territorial integrity by all means”.

UN chief calls for ‘maximum military restraint from both countries’

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has released the following statement:

“The secretary-general is very concerned about the Indian military operations across the Line of Control and international border.

“He calls for maximum military restraint from both countries. The world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan.”

‘A dangerous escalation’
Kamal Hyder, Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan

These attacks took place at several different locations.

According to the Pakistani military sources, Pakistan is right now responding with the befitting response at several locations across the Line of Control and across the border.

We were able to hear fighter jets up in the air.

So it is indeed an evolving situation, but Pakistan is now confirming that it is already carrying out reprisal attacks against the Indian missile attack.

This is a dangerous escalation given the fact that Pakistan has said that it wanted concrete evidence after the Pahalgam attack, saying that India was quick to point the finger of blame at it.

Pakistan said it wanted a neutral inquiry; the attackers are still at large and Pakistan said this was a knee-jerk reaction.

US says it’s in touch with both Pakistan and India

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce has called on both countries to “work towards a responsible resolution that maintains long-term peace and regional stability in South Asia”.

“We remain in touch with the governments of both countries at multiple levels,” she said.

The United States has close relations with India and voiced solidarity after April’s attack. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week called top officials from both nuclear-armed nations and advised de-escalation.