Pakistan PM Sharif says India will ‘suffer the consequences’ in address to nation

Pakistan PM Sharif says India will ‘suffer the consequences’ in address to nation

Sharif addressed the Pakistani people in a televised speech shortly after he attended the funeral of seven-year-old Irtaza Abbas, who was killed in the Indian attack.

“We resolve that we will avenge the blood of our innocent martyrs,” Sharif said. “Last night, we showed that Pakistan can deliver a jaw-breaking response for its defence. At the Line of Control, the dogfight raged for about an hour. Pakistani pilots remained in their airspace, the enemy’s planes were shattered to pieces.”

“In conventional warfare last night, we proved that Pakistan prevailed.”

Sharif also emphasised Pakistan’s position on Kashmir. “As per international law, Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and will remain until a plebiscite is done,” the prime minister said. “Regardless of how many unilateral decisions India takes, it cannot change the reality.”

Erdogan conveys Turkiye’s solidarity to Pakistan PM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to convey his solidarity following India’s attacks, the Turkish presidency said.

During the call, Erdogan told Sharif that Turkiye supported what he called Pakistan’s “calm and restrained policies” in the crisis, his office said in a statement.

Erdogan also said he found “appropriate” Islamabad’s call for an investigation into an attack last month on Indian-administered Kashmir that triggered the crisis.

“Erdogan stated that Turkiye was ready to do what it can to prevent the tensions from escalating, and that his diplomatic contacts in that regard would continue,” the statement said.

India appeals for information on Pahalgam attack

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has called on people with information or photographs related to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir last month to contact law enforcement.

The NIA “has now decided to scale up its efforts even more intensely to ensure that no useful information or evidence is missed out in its investigation into the horrendous crime against humanity”, the agency said in a statement.

India had alleged links between the attackers and Pakistan – claims that Islamabad has vehemently denied.

Pakistan says it authorised its military to respond to Indian attack

Pakistan’s National Security Committee calls India’s assault a “heinous and shameful crime” in violation of international law.

“In consonance with Article-51 of the UN Charter, Pakistan reserves the right to respond, in self-defence, at a time, place, and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty,” the committee said in a statement.

“The Armed Forces of Pakistan have duly been authorized to undertake corresponding actions in this regard.”

Armed group says 10 relatives of leader killed in Indian attack

Jaish-e-Mohammed, one of the group’s India has blamed for last month’s Pahalgam attack, says that 10 relatives of its leader Masood Azhar were killed in India’s attacks on Pakistan overnight, the Reuters news agency reports.

The group did not say whether Azhar himself was killed.

Azhar was released from an Indian jail in 1999 in exchange for 155 hostages from a hijacked Indian Airlines plane.