Pakistan Issues Red Alert Following 'Operation Sindoor', PM Shahbaz Sharif to Address the Nation

Islamabad (The Uttam Hindu): Pakistan has been put on 'red alert' after the Indian Army's 'Operation Sindoor'. Government hospitals across the country are prepared for any emergency. Also, the airspace has been closed for all domestic and international flights for 24 to 36 hours.

Amid the attacks by the Indian Army, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will address the nation on Wednesday afternoon. He has also called an emergency National Security Committee (NSC) meeting at the Prime Minister House to discuss the current security situation in the country and future action against India. The crucial meeting will frame policy and also consider intervention by global powers, including the United States, which have called on both sides to exercise restraint and de-escalate the fast-escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

In fact, after the attack on terrorist hideouts by India, all the educational institutions in the capital Islamabad and Punjab province have also been closed and all security forces have been asked to be ready. Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said at least 26 people were killed and 46 others injured in the air strikes.

New Delhi said the airstrikes targeted terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab province. India's strikes and Islamabad's retaliation have shocked locals, who fear it could lead to a full-blown war between the two countries. The strikes were carried out in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, in which four terrorists brutally killed 26 civilians.

The attacks by the Indian Army targeted six different locations in Pakistan, including the Masjid Subhanallah in the Ahmadpur Sharqia area of ​​Bahawalpur city, which was the alleged hideout of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. Besides, several attacks were also carried out in other areas including Muridke, the alleged hideout and headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, besides other places in Muzaffarabad, Kotli and Bagh cities.