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In the wake of IAF air strikes on JeM camps in Pakistan in
the early hours of Tuesday morning, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called
an 'emergency meeting' to discuss the security situation and a response to
India with high-level officials in his ministry.
According to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PM Khan
summoned the meeting at 11 am Tuesday, Dawn reported. The meeting is underway
at the moment.
Earlier in the day, Pakistani Major General Asif Ghafoor,
Director General of Inter-Services Public relations (ISPR) which is the media
wing of the Pakistani army also confirmed the attacks in a tweet.
"Indian aircraft intruded from Muzafarabad sector.
Facing timely and effective response from
Pakistan Air Force released payload
in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage,"
he tweeted.
"Indian Air Force violated Line of Control Pakistan.
Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircraft gone back," he
said in the official tweet.
Pakistani troops resorted to mortar shelling at forward
Indian posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor, Nowshera
and Mendhar areas on Tuesday evening.
Pointing out that the shelling was heavy, sources said that
it restarted after a brief lull of less than 12 hours as earlier the Pakistani
troops had resorted to unprovoked small arms fire and mortar shelling in
Poonch’sGulpur area from 12 midnight to 1.30 am Tuesday.
While in adjoining Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector,
Pakistani troops have been resorting to mortar shelling and small arms fire for
past many days, the ceasefire violation in Akhnoor sector came after nearly
three months.
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