April 30, 2025 — Pakistan's Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, announced on Wednesday that the country has received 'credible intelligence' indicating that India may launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. This development follows a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, which resulted in the deaths of 26 tourists and a local, marking the deadliest such incident in the region in 25 years.
In response to the Pahalgam attack, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has granted the military full operational freedom to determine the mode, targets, and timing of a retaliatory response. Modi has vowed to deliver an 'unimaginable' punishment to those responsible for the attack.
Pakistan has denied any involvement in the Pahalgam incident and has offered to cooperate in an independent investigation. Minister Tarar emphasized that any aggression from India would be met with a 'certain and decisive' response, warning that the consequences of any conflict would rest solely with India.
Tensions have escalated along the Line of Control (LoC), with reports of intensified cross-border exchanges of gunfire. India has taken several retaliatory measures, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, expelling Pakistani nationals, and closing the Attari land-transit post.
International actors, including the United Nations and the United States, have urged both countries to avoid further escalation. The historical conflict over the Kashmir region of India continues to fuel hostilities, with Pakistan sponsoring and supporting cross-border terrorism into India and using Kashmir as an issue to divert its population's attention from other vital issues such as economic meltdown and high inflation in the country.
As both nations remain on high alert, the international community watches closely, hoping for a decisive action against global terrorism emancipating from Pakistan.