Pakistan will 'respond differently, surprise India', vows army

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Pakistan will respond differently, surprise India, vows army

Prime Minister Imran Khan had summoned a high-level meeting to discuss response.

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Published: Wed 27 Feb 2019, 6:06 AM

Last updated: Wed 27 Feb 2019, 8:55 AM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday summoned a meeting to review the situation after Indian Air Force carried out air strikes at major terror camps across Line of Control.

The meeting, which is being attended by defence and foreign ministry officials, has come hours after Pakistan Army confirmed that the IAF jets penetrated the LoC and dropped "payloads" in Kashmir, reports ANI.
Earlier on Tuesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told a media briefing that the raid on the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp at Balkot was launched because New Delhi believed suicide attacks in India were "imminent".
"A very large number of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen (suicide) action were eliminated," he said.
JeM claimed responsibility for a February 14 suicide bomb attack in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian paramilitaries.
Live updates:
4:45pm
Pakistan Armed Forces has vowed a 'different response' to India's LoC airstrikes, and surprise them (India).
Major General Asif Ghafoor, spokesperson for the armed forces, made the statement during a press conference on Tuesday.
Watch the full press conference here.
3:00pm
India claims to have killed hundreds of militants and their trainers in the LoC air strikes on an alleged resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot, providing Indian forces with "a sitting duck target", when they carried out the air strike early Tuesday, sources said.
Sources added that they shifted to the camp after the Pulwama attack.
However, Pakistan has denied any casualties and claim that Indian Air Force planes , instead, dropped a payload near Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before leaving in haste as the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) scrambled its war planes.
Pakistan has vowed to respond at the time, place of its choosing.
2:15pm
Tranquillity prevailed along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) on Monday after India claimed to have carried out air strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) and destroyed terror camps in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
However, the troops are on high alert, a senior army officer said.     

2:00pm
Pakistan's President Arif Alvi says India has created "hysteria" in the wake of this month's attack on Indian troops in the Kashmir region.
Addressing an international conference on media and conflict, Alvi on Tuesday warned that rhetoric "can lead to war." He did not address an overnight incursion by Indian fighter jets.  Alvi warned Tuesday that "we know how to defend ourselves."
1:40pm
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan holds urgent meeting after India's preemptive strike

 
 
 
1:30pm
China urges India, Pakistan to 'exercise restraint' after air strike
 
1:23pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says 'country in safe hands' after India's preemptive strike
 
1:15pm
 
12:52pm
Visuals of JeM facility destroyed by IAF strikes
 
 
12:15pm
"India violated the LoC. Pakistan holds the right to self-defence and a befitting response," Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told media, after chairing an emergency consultative meeting at the Foreign Office to discuss the situation arising from what he dubbed as Indian intrusion.
 
11:40am
Pakistani villagers say one person wounded in Indian air strike
 
11:25am
PTI terms India's breach of LoC 'desperation' due to its upcoming elections

 
11:20am
Sushma Swaraj invites Opposition leaders for briefing on Balakot strikes
 
11:10am
Pakistan drone shot down near Gujarat border in India
 
10:58am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan after the meeting in which he will discuss the security situation with high-level officials.
 
10:40am
PM Modi has briefed both President and Vice-President about the air strike: ANI
 
10:15am
 
10:13am
Millitants were attempting another suicide terror attack in various parts of the country: Vijay Gokhale:
 
10:10am
 
Non-military preemptive action designed to avoid civilian casualties, says Vijay Gokhale

 
10:01am
Video: Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale briefs the media in Delhi
 
10am
Imran Khan's party PTI lashes out at Indian media for 'war mongering'.
 
9:38am
Air strikes in Pakhtunkhwa region were based on locations provided by on ground intelligence sources, according to ANI reports.
 
9:30am
One of the targets destroyed by IAF Mirage jets was in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: ANI
 
9:25am
 
9:15am
Ministry of External Affairs to hold a briefing at 11:30am, according to ANI.
 
9:05am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has summoned an emergency meeting in Islamabad to discuss the security situation.
 
8:50am
Rahul Gandhi tweets after IAF strikes in Pakistan, salutes IAF pilots
 
 
 
8:30am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting with top ministers in the cabinet committee on security at his home in Delhi to take stock of the situation.
 
 
7:30am
I salute the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots, says Arvind Kejriwal
 
7:25am
Pointless to speculate on impact of strike till it is clear which Balakot did IAF hit, says Omar Abdullah
 
6:30am
 
6:10am
Pakistan claims IAF jets 'intruded' into its territory
 







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