Pakistan on Thursday (April 24) conducted a surface-to-surface missile test, according to various reports. The test likely involved the Shaheen-III or Babur cruise missiles, demonstrating Pakistan’s capability to target major Indian cities within a 2,750 km range.Pakistan had issued a notification to carry out a surface-to-surface missile test off its Karachi coast along its coastline within its Exclusive Economic Zone on April 24-25.
Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on all the developments, Defence sources told the news agency ANI.
As per the note accessed by News18, Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir plans to project strength and divert global attention from Pakistan’s involvement in cross-border terrorism.Also, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing the National Security Committee meeting.
Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on all the developments, Defence sources told the news agency ANI.
As per the note accessed by News18, Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir plans to project strength and divert global attention from Pakistan’s involvement in cross-border terrorism.Also, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing the National Security Committee meeting.
This comes after India downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan and announced a raft of measures, including expulsion of Pakistani military attaches, suspension of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 and immediate shutting down of the Attari land-transit post in view of the cross-border links to the horrific Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, firmed up five specific retaliatory measures against Pakistan, directed the security forces to maintain “high vigil” and vowed to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice.
