Pakistan has fired missiles at more than 25 military sites in India in retaliation for India’s attacks on airbases. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a deadly attack last month that India has blamed Pakistan for. Listen to The Daily podcast below as you scroll.
Saturday 10 May 2025 10:01, UK
Tonight “will be critical” to see how India chooses to respond, the director of the society for policy studies in New Delhi has said.
“Clearly the night is the preferred option for the kind of retaliatory strikes that are taking place,” commodore Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar told Kamali Melbourne.
“My sense is that tonight will be critical,” he said.
Bhaskar said the events of the last 24 hours “indicate that there has been an escalation”.
“If you look at the manner in which the two militaries have used their firepower, as an analyst I would say that yes, we have climbed up,” he added.
Watch the full interview in the video below.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said it has held talks with India as efforts to de-escalate the conflict continue.
The country’s foreign minister spoke to his Indian counterpart in a bid to end military confrontation with Pakistan.
Earlier, we told you that Pakistan’s foreign minister said “we will consider stopping here” if India agrees to de-escalation (see 7.44 post).
That came hours after US secretary of state Marco Rubio said he spoke to Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir on Friday to offer assistance “in starting constructive talks in order to avoid future conflicts” (see 5.36 post).
Rubio has held regular calls with Pakistan’s prime minister and India’s foreign minister since the end of April.
We’ve heard from Pakistan’s prime minister for the first time since it launched missiles at more than 25 military sites in India overnight.
Shehbaz Sharif told his country’s political leaders “we have given India a befitting response”.
Pakistan has said its missiles which were launched at more than 25 military sites were in retaliation for India’s attacks on airbases.
In a statement, Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan had shown “extreme restraint” in its response in the face of what was described as Indian provocations.
An update to bring you from Pakistan-administered Kashmir now.
The disaster management authority says 13 civilians have been killed and more than 50 have been injured in the past 12 hours.
It’s an indication that despite the ongoing calls for de-escalation, tensions between India and Pakistan continue to rise.
Earlier this morning we brought you reports of blasts being heard in India-administered Kashmir (see 8.17 post).
Earlier, we brought you pictures showing Pakistan’s military firing medium-range Fateh missiles in what it described as a military operation “engaging Indian targets” (see 6.09 post).
It fired missiles at more than 25 military sites in India in retaliation for attacks on its airbases.
We can now bring you footage showing those medium-range missiles being launched.
“We are on the brink of an all-out war” between India and Pakistan, a former Pakistan national security adviser has said.
Speaking to Kamali Melbourne, Moeed Yusuf said “this is not a good situation, the world must wake up to the reality that two nuclear powers are on the brink of an all-out war”.
Yusuf claimed Pakistan “never wanted to escalate” tensions and said now is the time for the two sides to “sit down and talk”.
“I think the view in Pakistan is that enough is enough,” he added.
“We are not sacrificial lambs, we will stand up. If India does not respond now, I’m sure Pakistan will say thank you, that’s it.”
That comes after Pakistan’s foreign minister said the country “will consider stopping here” if India also agrees to de-escalation (see 7.44 post).
Watch the full interview in the video below.
We’re receiving reports of two loud blasts heard in the city of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir.
A Reuters witness is reporting that the explosions were heard near the airport and the local headquarters of the army.
Two other blasts have also been heard in the town of Baramulla.
We’ll keep monitoring these developments and bring you more as we get it.
Last night saw the latest escalation after rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, in what it said was a response to the militant gun attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month which killed 26 people
Locals insist the site of one of the strikes was a civilian complex of houses, schools and a hospital, while India claims it targeted “terrorist” infrastructure.
Our Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch was shown around Jamia Ummul Qurah mosque in Muridke by a local resident.
Hours after carrying out morning strikes on India, Pakistan’s foreign minister has been speaking to local television.
Mohammad Ishaq Dar said “we will consider stopping here” if India also agrees to stop.
Our Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch explained Islamabad is perhaps looking for a bookend to claim victory.
“For how, that apparent olive branch seems a little wishful,” she added.
“New Delhi will likely want to say more and perhaps do more too.”
More to bring you now from that press briefing in New Delhi.
An Indian military spokesperson said Pakistan is increasing its deployment of troops along the border as tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours continue to soar.
According to the military spokesperson, Pakistan’s army has been seen to be moving its troops into forward areas, “indicating offensive intent to further escalate the situation”.
She said that Indian armed forces remain in a “high state of operational readiness” before adding India is committed to “non-escalation, provided it is reciprocated by the Pakistan military”.
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