Pakistan claims India targeted three airbases with drones and…
New Delhi: In a major development in India-Pakistan tensions, the neighbouring country on Saturday claimed that its three airbases were targeted by Indian suicide drones and missiles. The Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, in a press briefing in Islamabad at around 4 am, said that airbases named: Nur Khan in Rawalpindi’s Chaklala, Murid in Chakwal, and Rafiqui in Jhang district’s Shorkot, of the Pakistan Air Force, were targeted. However, he refrained from providing more details in order to back his claims.
This claim by Pakistan has come amid the escalating tensions between the two countries following ‘Operation Sindoor’, a retaliation operation by New Delhi for a terror attack on April 22 that claimed 26 lives in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, where the Pakistan military has its headquarters, is around 10 kilometres from the capital Islamabad.
Notably, Nur Khan air base is located in Rawalpindi, 10 km away from Islamabad. It is the airbase where Pak military has its headquarters.
Sharif further claimed that some Indian missiles hit its Punjab province and some further went into Afghanistan.
“But all assets of the Air Force remain safe,” Sharif claimed, further stating that New Delhi fired air-to-surface missiles with its fighter jets.
He further added that several Indian missiles were intercepted by Pakistan’s air defence system.
Recently, the Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) announced that Pak’s airspace has been closed from 3.15 am to 12 noon for all kinds of air traffic.
Notably, The PAA is going to share further updates at 12 noon today.
On Friday night, Pakistan conducted a second consecutive wave of drone attacks against 26 Indian locations, ranging from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat. The Indian defence ministry reported that these attacks, aimed at critical infrastructure such as airports and air bases, were successfully repelled.
On Thursday evening, Indian air defence units intercepted at least eight missiles fired by Pakistan towards the border areas of Jammu, including the strategically important Jammu airport, defence sources had said.
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