• The UN Chief calls Prime Minister Shehbaz and Jaishankar from India, underlines should avoid confrontation
• Marco Rubio hoped to speak today with Indian and Pakistani counterparts
• Airports that operate as usual, authorities say
Nueva Delhi: The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has given his military “operational freedom” to respond to a mortal attack controlled by India last week, which New Delhi has tried to fix in Pakistan, without offering any evidence to support the claim.
A full week after the attack of the Pahalgama, which claimed the lives of more than two dozen tourists, Modi held a closed meeting with the bosses of the three armed services, as well as the Minister of Defense, Rajnath Singh, and the national security advisor Ajit Doval.
During the meeting, he told the Armed Forces that they had the “complete operating freedom to decide on the mode, objectives and time of our response to the terrorist attack,” said a source of high -level government. AFP.
No more details of the meeting have been released, which was held at the resident of the Indian Prime Minister on Tuesday.
He arrives a day after Defense Minister Khawaja Asif warned about a possible Indian incursion, saying that the next few days were crucial and that Pakistan was prepared for any eventuality.
Last week, Modi had promised to chase those who carried out the attack, as well as those who had supported him.
“I tell everyone: India will identify, track and punish all terrorists and their sponsor,” he said Thursday. “We will persecute them to the end of the earth.”
After the high -level meeting, the Indian media began to speculate on a “possible response.”
The bellicose statements have caused concerns of a rapid spiral in military action, with several nations, including the Chinese neighbor, asking for moderation and dialogue.
It beats Tuesday night, the spokeswoman for the United States Department, Tammy Bruce, announced that the Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to speak with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of India and Pakistan “as soon as today or tomorrow.”
She said that the United States was reaching both parties with respect to the problem of Kashmir, and it is expected to tell both parties that things do not intensify.
Mrs. Bruce said Rubio was also encouraging foreign leaders and ministers from other nations to reach the subject.
Previously, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, made calls on Tuesday with Pakistan’s prime minister and Indian Foreign Minister to express “deep concern about the increase in tensions,” said his spokesman.
The United Nations Chief “stressed the need to avoid confrontation that could result in tragic consequences. He offered his good offices to support decallation efforts,” said spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
According to Prime Minister’s office in Islamabad, during his phone call, Prime Minister Shehbaz rejected Indian accusations as without foundation and categorically rejected any attempt to link Pakistan with the Pahalgam incident.
He reiterated his call to a transparent and neutral investigation into the incident, and expressed serious concerns about the attempts of India to delegitimize the struggle for the freedom of Kashmira by using the ghost of “terrorism”, as well as his terrorism sponsored by the State widely documented in the occupied territory.
He also pointed out the weapon of the India of the waters of the Indo basin as unacceptable, since it was the life line of around 240 million people.
No airport closures
Amid the fear of airspace closures due to the increase in tensions with India, the rumors of a possible closure of airports began to circulate on social networks on Tuesday night.
However, the authorities confirmed that this was not true, and national and international flight operations continued as usual.
For example, a flight from Islamabad to Doha departed on Wednesday around 12.40 am
According to flight information at Islamabad International Airport (IIAP), another flight arrived from Sharjah at 11:43 pm Tuesday night.
A high IIAP official said Sunrise The airport was fully functional for national and international flights, while an official at Lahore airport also confirmed that flight operations worked without problems.
Mohammad Asghar in Rawalpindi and Anwar Iqbal in Washington also contributed to this report
Posted in Dawn, April 30, 2025
