Pakistan targeted Indian military stations, parts of Jammu and Kashmir; threat neutralised, say officials

Jaisalmer in Rajasthan during blackout amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Pic/PTI

The Indian Armed Forces on Thursday neturalised threats from Pakistan after its troops targeted Indian military stations following India's action against terror camps under 'Operation Sindoor'.

The defence officials confirmed that military stations of Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur in proximity to the International Boundary, in Jammu and Kashmir were targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. However, there was no losses and the threats were successfully neutralised.

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The Pakistani troops also resorted to unprovoked shelling along the Line of Control in Kupwara and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir late on Thursday evening with the Indian armed forces retaliating effectively, officials said, according to the PTI.

The Boniyar sector of Baramulla and the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district were targeted by Pakistan but there were no reports of any casualty so far.

On the intervening night of May 7 and 8, the Pakistan Army fired small arms and artillery guns across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor sectors in J-K. The Indian Army responded proportionately, as per the PTI.

Most of the civilian population in the Karnah area had moved to safer areas on Wednesday as Pakistani troops resorted to shelling after Indian armed forces pounded terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.

Blackout in Pathankot, Amritsar

Meanwhile, a blackout was enforced in Punjab's Pathankot and Amritsar districts on Thursday evening as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. There were reports of a loud noise heard in Pathankot which some feared could be shelling from Pakistan but there was no confirmation. District authorities said there was no need to panic.

Appeals were issued asking people to keep their lights switched off and stay at home.

Tensions have spiralled after Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base in Muridke, in retaliation for the terror attack in Pahalgam.

(with PTI inputs)