India launched ‘missile assaults’ on three air bases, claims Pakistan

[ad_1] Pakistan early on Saturday claimed that its three airbases have been focused by Indian missiles and drones. Pakistan army spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry informed a hurriedly known as press convention in Islamabad round 4am that Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal) and Rafiqui (Shorkot in Jhang district) airbases of Pakistan Air Pressure have been focused.

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The claims come amid heightened tensions with India over its 'Operation Sindoor', a retaliation for a terror assault that killed 26 folks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.

Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, the place the Pakistan army has its headquarters, is round 10 kilometres from the capital Islamabad.

Sharif additionally claimed that a few of India's missiles additionally hit its Punjab and a few additionally went into Afghanistan.

“However all property of the Air Pressure stay secure,” he claimed.

India has fired air-to-surface missiles with its jets, he claimed.

He added that a number of missiles have been intercepted by Pakistan's air defence system.

Chaudhry mentioned this can be a "sinister act of India pushing the area into deadly battle and Pakistan will reply to this aggression. India ought to watch for our response".

He didn't take any questions and ended the presser abruptly.

The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) issued a notification stating that Pakistan's airspace has been closed from 3.15 am to 12 midday for all types of air visitors.

The PAA mentioned it would share updates at 12 midday.

Pakistan launched a recent wave of drone assaults focusing on 26 areas in India – from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat – for the second evening on Friday, with the defence ministry saying the enemy's makes an attempt to hit very important installations, together with airports and air bases, have been efficiently thwarted.

On Thursday night, Indian air defence items intercepted a minimum of eight missiles fired by Pakistan in the direction of the border areas of Jammu, together with the strategically essential Jammu airport, defence sources had mentioned.