Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, is addressing a press conference days after the deadly gun attack in the Pahalgam area.
New Delhi linked Islamabad to the attack without offering any evidence and took a flurry of punitive measures to downgrade ties, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, revoking visas of Pakistanis, and closing Wagah-Attari border crossing among others.
Pakistan, in response, ordered the expulsion of Indian diplomats and military advisers, cancelling visas for Indian nationals, with the exception of Sikh pilgrims, and closing the main border crossing from its side.
Islamabad also denies its involvement in the attack and offered to take part in a credible and transparent investigation.
With Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warning that the escalation could escalate into an “all-out war”, the United Nations has urged Pakistan and India to show “maximum restraint” to ensure that the situation and the developments do not deteriorate any further.
A day earlier, The New York Times reported that India is actively seeking global backing — not to calm the situation, but to strengthen its justification for potential military action.
Despite limited concrete evidence tying Pakistan directly to the attack, the prospect of a volatile confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours is becoming increasingly concerning, the publication said.Â
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
