PM Meets All 3 Service Chiefs Amid Heightened Tensions With Pakistan

New Delhi, (HS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, within a span of a few days, met the
three service chiefs yet again on Friday as the India-Pakistan tensions escalated this week to the worst in nearly three decades. On Wednesday, India launched air strikes under Operation Sindoor against targets in Pakistan that it said were “terrorist infrastructure”,  response to a deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam two weeks earlier. Twenty six people were killed in the Pahalgam attack. In response, Pakistan’s armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border on the intervening night of May 8-9, which were “effectively repulsed”, the Indian Army said today. The indigenously developed Akash surface-to-air missile air defence system has played a crucial role in thwarting Pakistani drone attacks targeting Indian assets on Thursday, according to defence officials. Officials further added that both the Indian Army and Air Force have deployed the missile system along the Pakistan border. “Pakistan Armed Forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along entire Western Border on the intervening night of 08 and 09 May. Pak troops also resorted to numerous ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. The drone attacks were effectively repulsed and a befitting reply was given to the CFVs. Indian Army remains committed to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nation. All nefarious designs will be responded with force,” said the Army. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has carried out a comprehensive review of the national security scenario with the top military leadership, a day after Pakistan’s attempts to target Indian military installations were repelled. In another development, the central government has empowered the Army Chief to call out “every officer and every enrolled person” of the Territorial Army (TA) to provide for essential guard or to be embodied to support or
supplement the regular Army. The Centre has also asked all states to give emergency
procurement power to the heads of the civil defence authorities so that they can make the required purchases in case of an emergency situation. On Thursday night, Pakistan
targeted multiple cities, including military installations, with a volley of drones and missile attacks, however, all were repulsed by India’s robust air defence system, and this left the Pakistani Army flustered and panicky. The women officers of the Indian Armed Forces informed that the forensic investigation of the wreckage of the drones is being done; however, “initial reports suggest that they are Turkish Asisguard Songar drones”. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said: “On the night of May 7 and 8, the Pakistani army violated Indian airspace several times over the entire western border with the intention of targeting military infrastructure. It also fired heavy-calibre weapons along the Line of Control. However, all their attempts were neutralised by us via kinetic and non-kinetic means.” India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist base camps across the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK), to avenge the deadly
terrorist attack in Pahalgam onApril 22, in which 26 people were killed. : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, within a span of a few days, met the three service chiefs yet again on
Friday as the India-Pakistan tensions escalated this week to the worst in nearly three decades. On Wednesday, India launched air strikes under Operation Sindoor against targets in Pakistan that it said were “terrorist infrastructure”, in response to a deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam two weeks earlier. Twenty six people were killed in the Pahalgam attack. In response, Pakistan’s armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border on the intervening night of May 8-9, which were “effectively repulsed”, the Indian
Army said today. The indigenously developed Akash surface-to-air missile air defence
system has played a crucial role in thwarting Pakistani drone attacks targeting Indian assets on Thursday, according to defence officials. Officials further added that both the Indian Army and Air Force have deployed the missile system along the Pakistan border. “Pakistan Armed Forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along entire Western Border on the intervening night of 08 and 09 May. Pak troops also resorted to numerous ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. The drone attacks were effectively repulsed and a befitting reply was
given to the CFVs. Indian Army remains committed to safeguarding the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of the Nation. All nefarious designs will be responded with force,” said the Army. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has carried out a comprehensive review of the national security scenario with the top military leadership, a day after Pakistan’s attempts to target Indian military installations were repelled. In another development, the central government has empowered the Army Chief to call out “every officer and every enrolled person” of the Territorial Army (TA) to provide for essential guard or to be embodied to support or supplement the regular Army. The Centre has also asked all
states to give emergency procurement power to the heads of the civil defence authorities so that they can make the required purchases in case of an emergency situation. On Thursday night, Pakistan targeted multiple cities, including military installations, with a
volley of drones and missile attacks, however, all were repulsed by India’s robust air
defence system, and this left the Pakistani Army flustered and panicky. The women officers of the Indian Armed Forces informed that the forensic investigation of the wreckage of the drones is being done; however, “initial reports suggest that they are Turkish Asisguard Songar drones”. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said: “On the night of May 7 and 8, the Pakistani army violated Indian airspace several times over the entire western
border with the intention of targeting military infrastructure. It also fired heavy-calibre weapons along the Line of Control. However, all their attempts were neutralised by us via kinetic and non-kinetic means.” India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist base camps across the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
(PoK), to avenge the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, in which 26 people
were killed.

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