India-Pakistan News Live: New Delhi sends terror dossier to UAE; Lashkar leader injured, spy YouTuber’s diary reveals shocking Pak links

In a move reflecting Pakistan’s growing unease on the international front, PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been tasked with leading a diplomatic mission to key global capitals in a mirror response to a similar outreach by India.

Speaking to the media after receiving a briefing at Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bilawal on Wednesday said that his delegation was given details of the ceasefire with India, the Kashmir situation, terrorism and the Indus Waters Treaty—which has been held in abeyance by New Delhi. Read more

Pakistan has decided to extend the closure of its airspace for Indian flights by another month, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday citing media report.

Pakistan banned its airspace for India last month after steps taken by New Delhi in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22.

The ban was imposed for a month until May 23, as under International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rules that airspace restrictions cannot be imposed for more than one month at a time.

Quoting sources, Geo News reported that the decision to extend the ban is expected to be announced on Wednesday or Thursday, and a Notice to Airmen (Notam) will be issued.

During his visit to the Rajouri-Poonch region, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha announced that one member from each family that lost a loved one due to cross-border shelling will be offered a government job. "One member each of the families of those who lost their lives across J&K, during the shelling, will be given a government job," said Sinha. He also said that new bunkers will be built for citizen safety, as the government feels a necessity for new bunkers.

YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who has been arrested over espionage, allegedly shared information about blackout in Indian cities to Pakistan's ISI during the military escalation between the two countries.

Sources told News18 that Malhotra shared sensitive information with ISI operatives, including details of blackouts imposed by India during 'Operation Sindoor'. Read more

According to the sources, there is “clear evidence” that Jyoti was in direct contact with an operative from Pakistan’s notorious intelligence agency. The investigators have also begun examining financial records linked to the accused.

YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested over charges of spying for Pakistan, expressed her interest in getting married in the neighbouring country during a conversation with an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operative.

The travel vlogger, who hails from Hisar in Haryana, was arrested last week on the charge of passing on sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operative.

Malhotra, who has 3.77 lakh subscribers on YouTube, was in constant touch with Ali Hasan, who worked for the ISI, the spy agency of Pakistan. The two used to talk a lot, say reports. Read more

At the Asian Leadership Conference in South Korea, AAP MP Raghav Chadha says, "India for the last several weeks has been mourning the tragic loss of lives of 26 innocent civilians because they were butchered by a terrorist attack, in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. As we mourn the loss of lives, India has emerged as a decisive, resolute nation demonstrating a paradigm shift in the way we deal with terrorists, terror infrastructure and rogue nations and what Indian government, the Indian armed forces demonstrated, in the form of a military operation called Operation Sindoor, was that we are all for peace but if you try and tinker with the peace within our country and cause injury and death to our people, we will not spare the terrorist infrastructure wherever it may be and therefore cross border strikes were made and as a result terror infrastructure across the border was destroyed..."

He said, "I pay homage to those who lost their lives in shelling by Pakistan... Multiple people were injured and J&K arranged for their immediate treatment... Efforts are being made to compensate for the loss of lives... The Central and J&K governments are rehabilitating people. A government job will be given to at least one of the kin of those who died in the cross-border firing by Pakistan... Individual and community bunkers will be made in huge numbers... Poonch hospital will be prepared for any kind of emergency..."

Ramesh pointed out that since April 22, the Congress and other Opposition parties have been demanding an all-party meeting to address the political implications of the April 22 terror attack.

“Two meetings were held, but the Prime Minister was not present. Later, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to the PM, urging him to convene a special session,” he noted.

“The China issue also remains undiscussed. In the midst of these demands, the Centre suddenly announced a caste census and now these international delegations. This is clearly an attempt to shift focus,” Ramesh said.

He reiterated that while the government is engaging in global outreach, the Opposition is still waiting for a meaningful dialogue in Parliament on national security and foreign policy concerns.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has, meanwhile, criticised the Centre’s decision to send seven delegations of MPs to world capitals as part of its Operation Sindoor outreach, calling it a “public relations exercise” aimed at diverting attention from pressing national issues.

“This is yet another attempt to distract. We are raising real concerns about terrorism, terrorist attacks, China, and Pakistan,” Ramesh said, questioning the government's reluctance to convene a special session of Parliament.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi today extended support to the all-party delegation visiting key partner countries to highlight India’s continued fight against terrorism.

Wishing the delegation success, Chaturvedi said, “Pakistan has become a global hub of terror, and it is important to expose them before the international community.”

Referring to India’s retaliatory strikes following the Pahalgam terror attack, she said, “When we destroyed their terror camps, their army came forward to protect the terrorists. This only confirms their complicity.”

“Our mission is to put forward the nation's perspective in various countries and ensure the world understands the threat terrorism poses to global peace,” she added.

Jyoti Malhotra, a YouTuber arrested on espionage charges in May, reportedly described her trip to Pakistan in glowing terms in a personal diary recovered by investigators.

The diary also reportedly includes an appeal to Pakistani authorities.

“Protect the temples there and let Indians meet their families from whom they were separated in 1947,” she is said to have written, referencing the post-Partition divide between the two nations. Know more.

India’s global outreach to counter terrorism is underway, with the first of seven multi-party delegations departing for the UAE today. Led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, the delegation will also travel to Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone in the coming days.

The 7-member team includes BJP MPs Bansuri Swaraj and Manan Kumar Mishra, former BJP MP SS Ahluwalia, BJD’s Sasmit Patra, IUML MP ET Mohammed Basheer, and former diplomat Sujan Chinoy.

Know more about New Delhi's global outreach programme.