Imran Threatens Retaliation
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This could be an open Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir, kill 325 ultras thwart any retaliation from declaration of war, which sources said. Also, the IAF has across the border. Islamabad could ill afford given taken all offensive measures to RAHUL DUTTA n NEW DELHI Officials said the next 48 its global isolation and miser- respond in case Pakistan vio- hours are most crucial as able economic situation. Given lates Indian airspace from any welve days after Paksitan- Pakistan might be forced to that constraint,. Pakistan will direction, they said. Tbased Jaish-e-Mohammad carry out some action in try to ramp up pressure all All the radars and other (JeM) carried out a deadly ter- a “tit for tat” to assuage its across the 750km Line of sophisticated communication ror attack in Pulwama killing domestic audience, which is Control (LOC) in Jammu & systems were put on maximum 44 CRPF men, Indian fighter questioning the lapses in Kashmir and International alert, sources said. jets on Tuesday pre-dawn exe- Pakistan defences to detect the Border stretching from Jammu The Navy has already cuted pin-pointed punitive fighter jets which penetrated to Punjab, Rajasthan and deployed its warships con- strikes deep inside Pakistan ter- deep inside the country. Gujarat. All these States are ducting pre-planned exercises ritory against terror groups’ In the fast evolving sce- now on high alert. in various sea lanes of the training camps eliminating nario post Balakot attack, the The Army is on alert across Arabian Sea and the Indian around 325 of their cadre. Cabinet Committee on the LoC as it is the first line of Ocean. In case of any exigency, India termed the action as Security (CCS) chaired by defence there. All the airbases the Naval war machine includ- “pre-emptive” and “non-mili- Prime Minister Narendra of the IAF are also following the ing its warships and aircraft will tary” to deter JeM from carry- Modi took stock of the situa- drills to prevent any aerial come into ing out suicide attacks in the tion and defence preparedness attack. Reports indicated that Continued on Page 5 country. It was not clear whether JeM chief Maulana and KPK. Using air power for The terror camp in Balakot is Mirages taking off from various Masood Azhar’s brother-in- the first time since the 1971 war located about 60km as the locations close to the LoC to law Maulana Yusuf Azhar, alias with Pakistan, India conduct- crow flies from the LoC in Uri confuse the Pakistan Air Ustad Ghouri, was killed in the ed “intelligence-led” opera- in Kashmir, sources said. Force (PAF) lasted about 20 IAF attack. Precision guided tion. In fact, the IAF was not The actual bombing at the minutes and all the aircraft ammunition and missiles were allowed to cross the Line of terror camp was over in 90 sec- landed back safely. used to destroy the JeM’s Control (LoC) even at the onds and at least five to six The Pakistan Army alleged biggest terror camp in Balakot height of the Kargil war in Mirages were in Pakistani ter- the strike was futile. “Indian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1999. The punitive strikes were ritory for not more than six to aircraft intruded from Province (KPK) located at the carried out by at least 12 seven minutes. The entire Continued on Page 5 tri-junction of Pakistan Punjab Mirage-2000 jets at 3.40 am. operation including the Also see on P6, 10 MEA briefs nations about Imran threatens pre-emptive strike need PNS n NEW DELHI the sources said. Sushma is retaliation scheduled to brief the Chinese ndia on Tuesday reaches out Foreign Minister and Ito world powers on its Russian Foreign Minister PTI n ISLAMABAD Pakistan shall respond at the airstrike on the Jaish-e- on Wednesday. time and place of its choosing,” Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest Foreign Secretary Vijay akistan on Tuesday strong- it added. terror training camp at Balakot Gokhale and other Secretaries Ply rejected India’s claim of It also invited the world in Pakistan and briefed envoy have been briefing separately to targeting terrorist camp in the media to see the facts on of 12 nations about its “pre- foreign envoys, including country and causing heavy ground and proposed a visit to emptive measure”. envoys of the P-5 countries — casualties even as it vowed to the site. Citing sources, Geo TV Top sources said External the United States, Russia, respond “at the time and place reported that Pakistan will Affairs Minister Sushma China, France and the United of its choosing” and raise the raise the issue of India’s “vio- Swaraj also spoke to her coun- Kingdom. Envoys of Sri Lanka, issue at the United Nations and lation” of the LoC at the United terparts in the US, China, Australia, Maldives, other international forums. Nations, the Organisation of Singapore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Bhutan, Turkey At a hurriedly called spe- Islamic Cooperation and other Afghanistan and briefed them and Indonesia were also briefed cial meeting of the National international forums. on the airstrike on the JeM about the airstrike. Security Committee (NSC) The decision was taken at training camp. Australian Foreign hours after India’s airstrikes the NSC meeting chaired by In her telephonic conver- Minister Marise Payne also inside Pakistan, Prime Minister Prime Minister Khan. sation with US Secretary of issued a stern warning to Imran Khan asked the armed The NSC statement State Mike Pompeo, Sushma Pakistan saying that Pakistan forces and the people of his claimed that India’s “action has explained the reasons behind take “urgent and meaningful” country to remain prepared for been done for domestic con- the strike and conveyed that the action against terrorist groups “all eventualities.” sumption being in election action was specifically target- in its territory, including Jaish- “The forum (NSC) strong- environment, putting regional ed at the JeM camp. She also e-Mohammed which has ly rejected Indian claim of tar- peace and stability at grave spoke to Chinese Foreign claimed responsibility for the geting an alleged terrorist camp risk.” Minister Wang Yi and 14 February bombing, and near Balakot and the claim of The government has decid- apprised him of the “non-mil- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba.” heavy casualties. Once again ed to requisition a joint session itary, preemptive airstrikes”, Continued on Page 5 Indian Government has resort- of the Parliament on ed to a self-serving, reckless Wednesday. Prime Minister and fictitious claim,” said a Khan also summoned a special statement issued after the NSC meeting of the National meeting in Islamabad. Command Authority (NCA) IC-814 hijacker headed The country’s top civil and on Wednesday. military brass “concluded that The Foreign Office sum- India has committed uncalled moned India’s acting High camp targeted by IAF for aggression to which Continued on Page 5 PNS n NEW DELHI exchange for passengers’ safe- ty after a seven-day crisis. SC backs mediation Country is in safe he terror “facility at Balakot” The Balakot camp of JeM Tthat was struck by Mirage was a joint training camp of the in Ayodhya case for fighter jets at 3.30 am on Pakistan Army’s terror proxy hands: Modi after Tuesday was headed by that also trained some fighters amicable settlement Maulana Yousuf Azhar or for al-Qaeda and some of the IAF’s Pak strikes Mohammed Salim, the brother- recruits of East Turkistan New Delhi: In the Ram Churu (Rajasthan): In his first in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammed Islamic Party which is active in Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid public address after airstrikes chief Masood Azhar. the Xinjiang province of China. land dispute case, the apex on terror camps in Pakistan, Maulana Yousuf Azhar is Many of these fidayeens and court on Tuesday asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi believed to be one of the hijack- recruits are also suspected to contending parties to explore on Tuesday said the country is ers of Indian Airlines Airbus have been killed in the deep the possibility of amicably set- in safe hands and that he will IC-814 in December 1999, strike by the Indian Air Force. tling the decades old dispute not let the country down. which led to the release of Yousuf Azhar, who headed through mediation, saying it The PM stressed that noth- Masood Azhar and two other the Balakot-based Jaish-e- may help in “healing relations”. ing was above the nation.