Pakistan's Deputy PM Ishaq Dar admits to India's strikes on key airbases during Operation Sindoor

India hit our airbases: Pakistan deputy PM

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has acknowledged that India targeted their two key airbases - Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi and Shorkot Airbase during Operation Sindoor. The strikes, carried out on May 7, followed a terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians.

This statement comes after Pakistani government and military several times denies the about the extent of the damage caused by India's strikes. Dar revealed that the attacks were occurred just as Pakistan was preparing to strike back, which meant India acted faster and caught them off guard.

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In the interview, Dar also revealed that within just 45 minutes of the Indian strikes, Saudi Prince Faisal bin Salman personally contacted him right after the strikes. "Saudi Prince Faisal bin Salman called and asked if he could tell Jaishankar that Pakistan is ready to stop," Dar told Geo News.

Confession made by Dar, contradicts earlier claims made by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and  other top officials of Pakistan, who had claimed that Pakistan had given a strong answer to India. Even PM Sharif has accepted that India carried out BrahMos missile strikes targeting several areas, including the Rawalpindi airport.

"India again launched missile attacks, BrahMos, and hit Pakistan's various provinces, including airport in Rawalpindi and other places," said Sharif in a recent interview.

India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the April 22, Pahalgam terror attack, which was a precise, measured and non-escalatory ” military action. India targeted terrorists and the supported infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and mainland Pakistan.