Pakistan's information minister said early Wednesday that Islamabad had "credible intelligence" India was planning an imminent military strike and he vowed a "decisive response," as worries grow of a spiraling conflict following a deadly attack in Kashmir.
The statement by Attaullah Tarar — issued shortly before 2:00 am local time — 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 said.
"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.
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