Operation Sindor: Pakistan authorizes armed forces to take “action” after strike

People watched TV in a restaurant when Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke in Islamabad on 7 May 2025. |Photo source: AFP

The National Security Council (NSC) said on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) that India's strike on nine targets across the Line of Control and international borders was “a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty”, saying they had authorized Pakistan's armed forces to take “corresponding actions”. Hours after the strike, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened an NSC meeting where participants were informed of the country's casualties and property damage.

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In his emotional address to the country on Wednesday (7 May 2025), Mr. Sharif also spoke about the Pakistani parliament, vowing to “declare the murder of dozens of Pakistani people in Pakistan in order to “take revenge every drop of blood”, one of the seven-year-old boys, whose funerals were sent by Mr. and other citizens and other military dispatches and other people.

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According to a statement released by Sharif's office, Pakistan's armed forces claimed they responded to India's operations early on Wednesday morning, even claiming that they had lowered “five Indian fighters and unmanned aircraft (UAVs). However, the statement does not provide any evidence of the claim, which has not been confirmed in India.

The statement reads.

With the death toll, Pakistan's PMO claims that “civilian infrastructure, including mosques,” has been damaged and alleged strikes endangering commercial airlines belonging to the Gulf countries. The statement added that the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project south of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) has also become a target.

However, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri introduced the media a detailed list of terrorist organization infrastructure to the media on Wednesday morning, saying that the strike had no “civilian, economic or military” targets.

The Pakistan statement said the NSC “calls the international community to recognize the gravity of India’s actions” and demands responsibility, indicating that Pakistan may once again approach the UN Security Council.