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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir on Saturday morning, urging both Pakistan and India to “find ways to de-escalate” and offering assistance in starting constructive talks in order to avoid future conflicts. The phone call comes after Pakistan has launched operation ‘Operation Bunyan ul Marsoos’ early on Saturday morning, successfully hitting multiple military targets in the heart of India. 

Rubio has reportedly also spoken with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and according to GEO News, Dar has said that Pakistan is willing to de-escalate if India stops here. If India continues the aggression, Pakistan will respond further.


In the early hours of May 10, around 1:45 am, DG ISPR chief Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, in an emergency press conference, revealed that India fired six ballistic missiles on its own Sikh minority community from Adampur, one hit near Adampur itself, and five landed around Amritsar in Indian Punjab.

India also fired air-to-surface missiles at PAF airbases in Nur Khan (Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal), and Rafiqui (Shorkot). DG ISPR called it continued aggression, but confirmed all air force assets are safe so far.

DG ISPR told New Delhi to “now wait for the response” and soon launched Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos.

India also reportedly also launched missile strikes into Afghanistan and carried out drone attacks there, further destabilising and escalating tensions in the region.

Most of the Indian missiles aimed at PAF airbases were shot down by Pakistan’s air defence systems. A few missiles did get through, but they didn’t cause any harm to PAF aircraft, according to early damage checks.

The DG ISPR said India’s strikes didn’t meet their goals, thanks to effective defence.

Pakistan also has the full electronic record of India’s missile launches, where they came from and what they were targeting.

State-run PTV News reported that in response to India’s actions, Pakistan has hit back with a major cyberattack, hacking several Indian websites, including the BJP’s and Border Security Forces (BSF’s). Sites linked to defence, telecom, and ID systems were breached, with some data leaked. Over 2,500 surveillance cameras were also reportedly hacked in the ongoing digital retaliation.

This phase of the tension follows Friday night’s press briefing, in which DG ISPR, along with officers of PAF and Pakistan Navy, said Pakistan has solid proof of India’s involvement in sponsoring terrorism within its borders. 

DG ISPR criticised India for blaming Pakistan for the recent Pahalgam attack without evidence, calling it theatrics to distract from internal issues. He added that 77 Indian drones have been shot down inside Pakistani territory and none returned. He challenged India to show any real proof of Pakistan attacking Indian soil, saying the allegations are baseless. “If you want us to fire back,” he said, “we’ll do it on our own terms.”

India has restricted the water flow from the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River to Pakistan, as ties between neighbouring India and Pakistan nosedived following a militant attack in Pahalgam, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian media reported on Monday.

According to media reports, India is also considering taking similar measures at the Kishanganga Dam on the Jhelum River.

In Pakistan, a severe and sudden drop in the Chenab River’s water flow at Head Marala has been recorded over the past two days, a media outlet reported on Monday, citing officials.

According to the Executive Engineer (XEN) Irrigation, the current inflow at Head Marala is recorded at 10,889 cusecs, while the outflow stands at 9,020 cusecs. In stark contrast, the inflow just two days ago was 87,282 cusecs, highlighting a dramatic decline of over 85%.

The hydroelectric dams, Baglihar in Ramban in Jammu, and Kishanganga in north Kashmir, allow India the ability to regulate the timing of water releases, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported, quoting sources familiar with the matter.

The Baglihar Dam has long been a point of contention between the two neighbours, with Pakistan having sought World Bank arbitration in the past. Similarly, the Kishanganga Dam has come under legal and diplomatic scrutiny, particularly amid concerns about its effects on the Neelum River, a tributary of the Jhelum.

Following the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Indian Ilegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which claimed the lives of 26 people, New Delhi linked Islamabad to the attack without providing any evidence and took a flurry of punitive measures, including suspending the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) to downgrade ties.

In response to India’s water aggression, Pakistan warned that “any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan … will be considered as an act of war.”

With claims from India’s Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil not to allow “a single drop of water” to the neighbouring country from the Indus rivers, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has warned that Pakistan will not allow even a single drop of its rightful share of water to be compromised.

“India has no authority to unilaterally suspend or terminate the treaty,” Dar said while speaking at the Regional Dialogue 2025 event, reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve to safeguard its rights under the agreement.

While strongly condemning India’s suspension of the IWT, he called it a gross violation of international law.

Highlighting Islamabad’s preparedness and commitment to regional peace, the Deputy PM also confirmed that Pakistan successfully thwarted an Indian misadventure on the night of April 29–30.

Prominent journalist Mansoor Ali Khan has revealed that, according to intelligence received by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), India was set to carry out a misadventure against Pakistan between the night of Thursday and Friday.

“Pakistan Air Force received information that India was going to launch a misadventure against Pakistan at 2:30 am (Friday),” the journalist disclosed on his YouTube channel on Friday.

Detailing on the aversion of the potential misadventure, Mansoor said that on the same night, the weather across the entire area, including the Punjab belt, suddenly deteriorated. “I don’t know whether it was divine help,” he said.

He further argued that the misadventure might have been averted as “severe patrolling was ongoing” in the Gilgit-Baltistan region that night.

Regarding claims that the danger of war has faded, the journalist said that nearly 50 fighter jets, including MiG-21s and German-made Rafales, are stationed near the border in India.

“At one point, 40 to 50 Pakistani fighter jets were also in the air, patrolling simultaneously,” he added, highlighting the escalating tensions.

He further stated that Pakistan’s radar system and satellite coverage are so strong that all the Indian airports near the border, including Srinagar, fall within their surveillance range.

Without revealing the name, he concluded that information regarding the potential Indian misadventure had also come from an “ally”.

Mansoor also dismissed claims that on April 29, Indian fighter jets were patrolling near Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for 22 minutes, noting that their communication systems were jammed for five minutes.

Earlier, APP quoted security sources as reporting that the PAF had detected four Indian Rafale fighter jets patrolling near the Line of Control (LoC) late Tuesday night, forcing them to retreat after a coordinated response.

“On the night of April 29/30, four Indian Rafale jets conducted patrolling within Indian geographical boundaries over IIOJK,” APP reported, quoting security sources.

Following an attack in Pahalgam, in held Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists, tensions surged between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

On April 23, India unilaterally suspended the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a critical water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank, which had held steady through numerous conflicts between the two countries.

India has suggested that cross-border links may have been involved in the attack, although it has not provided concrete evidence. In contrast, Pakistan has strongly denied any involvement.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for an independent and transparent investigation into the incident to determine the truth.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday morning stated that Pakistan has “credible intelligence” indicating that India intends to conduct a military action against Pakistan in the next 24 to 36 hours on the pretext of baseless and concocted allegations of involvement in the Pahalgam incident in held Kashmir.

The situation between the two countries remained tense following the attack in Pahalgam, a tourist spot, which had killed 26 people, including a Nepalese national. Without conducting a transparent investigation and concrete evidence, fingers were pointed towards Pakistan, alleging that it had orchestrated the attack. Pakistan has firmly rejected the accusations.

Issuing a video statement on state television, the federal minister said that Pakistan strongly rejects India’s self-assumed hubristic role of judge, jury, and executioner in the region.

He underscored that Pakistan itself has been facing terrorism for the past two decades and has consistently condemned terrorism in all its forms across the world. “Being a responsible state, Pakistan open-heartedly offered a credible, transparent, and independent investigation by a neutral commission of experts to ascertain the truth,” he said.

The minister added that following the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan, as a responsible state, had offered to conduct an independent and impartial investigation. 

He noted, however, that India has apparently decided to tread the dangerous path of irrationality and confrontation, which, according to him, will have catastrophic consequences for the entire region and beyond.

Tarar further said that the evasion of credible investigations is in itself sufficient evidence exposing India’s real motives. “Consciously making strategic decisions hostage to public sentiments, purposefully trumped up for securing political objectives, is unfortunate and deplorable,” he added.

Additionally, the federal minister made it clear that any kind of military adventurism from India will be met with a definite and decisive response. He emphasised that the international community must understand that the responsibility for the catastrophic consequences of war will lie solely with India.

The minister’s statement came a day after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, while appearing on a private media outlet, cautioned about the possibility of both countries engaging in war in the next two to four days.

“There is a war looming on the horizon. A very vivid possibility is there that we can have a war in the next two to four days,” Asif said. However, he clarified that, not being a military strategist, he was making such a guess as a political worker.