NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari have pledged a “befitting response” to any act of aggression amid rising tensions with India within the aftermath of Pahalgam attack that killed 26.
In a gathering held on Thursday, first time for the reason that attack, the leaders mentioned, “Pakistani nation is united and stands behind its armed forces, who are capable of responding to any threat or aggression.”
Sharif additionally spoke to Qatar’s Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Radio Pakistan reported, throughout which he reiterated Pakistan’s supply to cooperate in a “transparent” investigation into the phobia attack.
This got here after Union house minister Amit Shah vowed to take sturdy motion in opposition to the perpetrators of the attack. “Whoever has carried out the dastardly attack in Pahalgam, we will not spare anyone. We will hunt down each and every perpetrator,” he mentioned.
Additionally, PM Narendra Modi has mentioned that the armed forces have “full operational freedom” to decide the tactic, targets, and timing of India’s response to the phobia attack, authorities sources mentioned.
A day after the attack, India unveiled a collection of punitive measures in opposition to Pakistan, together with suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the only operational land border at Attari, and downgrading diplomatic ties over alleged cross-border hyperlinks to the bloodbath. On Wednesday, India escalated its response additional by shutting its airspace to Pakistani airways.
