India has attacked Pakistan: Here’s everything we know so far…

India attacked Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday by launching airstrikes in different parts of the country, martyring at least three Pakistanis and injuring 12 others.

The strikes came amid heightened tensions and Indian warmongering following last month’s Pahalgam attack in Indian Occupied Kashmir, which had resulted in the deaths of 26 tourists. In absence of any evidence, New Delhi had accused Islamabad of being involved in the attack by “facilitating terror groups” – an allegation denied by Pakistan as it offered a transparent probe into the tragedy.

With the situation continuing to escalate, explosions were heard in Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad on Tuesday-Wednesday midnight.

While a statement from Indian authorities took responsibility for the strikes, Pakistan was quick to respond, vowing a befitting response to Indian aggression.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed that Indian armed forces had carried out missile strikes across different cities in Punjab and Azad Kashmir. 

“All of our air force jets are airborne. This is a shameful and cowardly attack that was carried from within India's airspace,” he said, adding that Pakistan’s armed forces were giving a befitting response to Indian aggression.

“Let me say it unequivocally, Pakistan will respond to this [attack] at a time and place of its choosing,” warned the ISPR chief.

"This provocation will not go unanswered,” he said, adding that the temporary happiness that India had achieved with the cowardly attack would soon be replaced with enduring grief.

While damage assessment is currently underway, Pakistan has so far shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets.

Security sources have also claimed that an Indian army brigade headquarters has been destroyed by Pakistan and an enemy post in the Dhundial sector of the Line of Control (LoC) has also been wiped out in a missile strike from this side of the border.

This is a developing story…