US EditionPakistan minister denies nuclear body meeting after offensive launched on India
- Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanun Marsoos early on Saturday, targeting multiple military bases in India including the BrahMos missile storage site near Beas and the Pathankot airfield.
- The offensive came after India conducted strikes inside Pakistan on May 7 targeting militant sites, actions taken in response to a fatal assault on Hindu visitors in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir the previous month.
- Since May 7, both nations have engaged in artillery exchanges and launched drones and missiles across each other's airspace, with intense clashes occurring in Indian Kashmir and neighboring border regions.
- Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif denied any National Command Authority meeting had occurred or was scheduled, calling the nuclear option a "very distant possibility" in comments to ARY TV.
- The clashes have killed at least 48 people, triggered international calls for restraint, and raised fears of wider regional destruction between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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'Nuke not on cards': Pakistan backtracks after calling National Command Authority meeting
Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, the Pakistani media reported that Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif had called for the meeting of the National Command Authority, the body responsible for taking decisions on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. However, Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif, stressed that no meeting of the National Command Authority has been called. The backtrack comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a telephonic discussi…
Pakistan minister denies nuclear body meeting after offensive launched on India
Pakistan's defence minister said on May 10 that no meeting of the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal had been scheduled following a military operation against India earlier in the day. Our correspondent in Islamabad Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
Planning minister chairs meeting to prioritize PSDP projects for FY 2025-26 - Pakistan Observer
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday chaired a meeting to prioritize projects under the upcoming Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the fiscal year 2025-26. Members Planning Commission and senior officials of the Ministry briefed the minister about the priority projects in different sectors, a news release said. The meeting is a visible resolve of the government not to let anyth…
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