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Pakistan summons its top nuclear body after launching offensive on India

Pakistan summons its top nuclear body after launching offensive on India

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) – Pakistan said it called a meeting on Saturday of the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal after it launched a military operation against India early in the morning, targeting multiple bases including a missile storage site in northern India. The Indian army said after the attacks that Pakistan was continuing its “blatant escalation” with drone strikes and using other munitions along India’s western border, and that its “enemy designs” would be thwarted. Five civilians were killed in the attacks in the Jammu region of Indian Kashmir, regional police said. Diplomatic calls for de-escalation,

Govt official among five killed in Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir

Govt official among five killed in Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu, May 10 (PTI) A senior government official was among five persons killed while several others were injured in heavy Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu districts early Saturday, officials said. Raj Kumar Thapa, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, and his two staff members were seriously injured when an artillery shell hit his official residence in Rajouri town, the officials said. They were rushed to the Government Medical College where Thapa succumbed to his injuries, they said. Condoling Thapa’s death,Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X, “Devastating news from Rajouri. We have lost a dedicated officer

IMF ‘reimbursing’ Pak for ordnance it is using to devastate border areas: J-K CM Omar Abdullah

IMF ‘reimbursing’ Pak for ordnance it is using to devastate border areas: J-K CM Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, May 10 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday hit out at the IMF for granting a billion dollar loan to Pakistan, saying the global financial organisation was “essentially reimbursing” Islamabad for the ammunition used to devastate border areas of the Union territory. The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved the disbursement of around USD 1 billion to Pakistan under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). “I’m not sure how the ‘International Community’ thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when the IMF essentially reimburses Pakistan for all the ordnance it is using to

Pakistan says India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside country, Pakistani retaliation underway

Pakistan says India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside country, Pakistani retaliation underway

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 10, 2025 (AP) — Pakistan said India fired missiles at three air bases inside the country Saturday but most of the missiles were intercepted and that retaliatory strikes on India were underway. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a massacre last month that India blames on Pakistan. The Pakistani military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to target an Indian missile storage facility and airbases in Pathankot and Udhampur. Army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said Pakistan’s air force assets were safe following the Indian strikes, adding that some of the Indian missiles also

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