ISLAMABAD: After demonstrating restraint in the face of blatant Indian aggression since Wednesday, Pak\u00adistan launched strikes early Satur\u00adday morning targeting military installations in India and India-held Kashmir.<\/p>\n
The strikes were launched under operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos at 5:16am.<\/p>\n
\u201cBunyan-um-Marsoos\u201d translates as concrete structure or firm foundation.<\/p>\n
The missiles, launched by aircraft and ground-based systems, targeted multiple strategic and military sites of India, security sources and state media reported.<\/p>\n
According to the military\u2019s media wing and Radio Pakistan, the targeted locations included S-400 missile system in Adampur; military intelligence\u2019s training ce\u00adn\u00adtre in Rajouri and brigade hea\u00add\u00adquarters in Uri; Adampur, Udha\u00admpur, Pathan\u00adkot, Suratgarh, Sirsa, Bathinda and Halwara airfields; Akhnoor aviation base; artillery gun positions in Dehrangyari; Brahmos missile battery site in Nagrota; Brahmos storage site in Beas; and India\u2019s Rabtanwali Post, Jazeera Post Complex, Kafir Mehri, Shahpar 3, and Ghadar Top across the Line of Control (LoC).<\/p>\n
ISPR said PAF\u2019s JF-17 Thunder hypersonic missiles destroyed the S-400 missile system in Adampur.<\/p>\n
The strikes came hours after India fired missiles at three air bases in Rawlpindi, Chakwal and Shorkot, as well as the Rahim Yar Khan airport.<\/p>\n
All assets of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) remained safe in the attack, the military spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Security personnel cordon off a road near Nur Khan military airbase after Indian strikes in Rawalpindi on May 10, 2025. \u2014 AFP
\nPakistan has targeted key Indian military installations in a \u201cbefitting response\u201d as part of its retaliatory operation, the federal government said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese actions are being carried out in response to India\u2019s initial attack, which was an assault on our homeland, people and sovereignty,\u201d the statement said, referring to Indian missile strikes at three PAF airbases.<\/p>\n
The retaliatory attacks targeted \u201cmore than 26\u201d locations and damaged \u201cequipment and personnel\u201d at at least five airbases, according to Colonel Sophia Qureshi of India\u2019s Army Signal Corps.<\/p>\n
The damage was sustained at air force bases in Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur, Bhuj and Bathinda, Col Qureshi said, according to Times of India.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s attack India launched missiles and drones in its late-night attack, which were shot down by ground defence systems in Punjab and Sindh.<\/p>\n
The strikes targeted Nur Khan air base, Rawalpindi; Murid air base, Chakwal; and Shorkot air base, Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) DG Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said at a press conference.<\/p>\n
Two missiles fired by India at the Shorkot airbase were shot down by the air defence system, officials said.<\/p>\n
The debris of destroyed missiles fell near a government primary school in Pirmahal village.<\/p>\n
No casualties were reported, while Zahoor Ahmad, 70, received minor injuries after being hit by falling debris.<\/p>\n
A drone fired by India fell in open fields in the Ahmad Nigar village on on Chiniot-Sargodha Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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