Source: International Business Times
Muslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947 AFP Pakistan's information minister said early Wednesday that Islamabad had "credible intelligence" that India was planning an imminent military strike and he vowed a "decisive response", as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir. The statement by Attaullah Tarar -- issued shortly before 2:00 am local time (2100 GMT Tuesday) -- came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a closed-door meeting the previous day with army and security chiefs, at which he gave the military "complete operational freedom" to respond to the attack, a senior government source told AFP. "Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours using the Pahalgam incident as a false pretext," Tarar said on X.
