'new Low Even For Pakistan': Foreign Secretary Blasts Islamabad For Targeting Gurudwara, Schools In Poonch

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said connected Friday that Pakistan targeted Indian cities and immoderate civilian infrastructure, isolated from immoderate Indian subject targets, on Thursday. Misri said that Pakistan went connected to target schools and places of worship, including gurudwaras, temples and convents successful Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, arsenic portion of its violative against India, connected May 8. 

On Wednesday morning, Pakistan's dense artillery and mortar shelling on nan LoC successful Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, resulted successful nan deaths of astatine slightest 13 civilians, including 4 children and 3 members of nan Sikh community, and injured 59 others. A section gurdwara was besides damaged.

Calling it a "new debased moreover for Pakistan," he said astatine nan property briefing connected Friday: "We person seen nan Pakistani broadside targeting and shelling nan places of worship, including gurudwaras, convents and temples."

Misri said that nan gurudwara was attacked by Pakistan, resulting successful nan nonaccomplishment of lives of section Sikh organization members successful nan incident. He further said that alternatively of owning up to these heinous acts, Pakistan tried to pin nan blasted connected India for targeting these places. "Instead of owning up to these attacks, Pakistan made nan outrageous declare that it was India that was targeting these places and trying to pin nan blasted connected Pakistan." 

Besides this, he said that to deliberation India would onslaught its cities is "a deranged imagination only Pakistan tin travel up with." He said that Pakistan does each of this simply because it is well-versed successful peddling falsehoods. 

Furthermore, he said that location was disinformation from Pakistan that India attempted to target a gurudwara successful a drone attack. "This is yet different blatant dishonesty and portion of Pakistan’s disinformation campaign. Pakistan is trying to impart a communal hue pinch nan volition to create discord. India’s patient unity is itself a situation for Pakistan," Misri added. 

He moreover said that nan Indian authorities besides has accusation regarding an incident that took spot connected nan greeting of May 7. After nan Indian Armed Forces successfully conducted Operation Sindoor, Misri claimed that a ammunition fired by nan Pakistan Army landed conscionable down Christ School successful Poonch. 

"Tragically, nan ammunition deed nan location of 2 students. Both students unfortunately lost their lives, and their parents are injured," he further said. The Foreign Secretary added that schoolhouse unit and locals took refuge successful an underground hallway of nan schoolhouse during nan shelling. 

"The schoolhouse was fortunately closed, different much losses would person occurred." Vikram Misri mentioned that different ammunition fired by Pakistan deed a Christian convent of nuns and damaged h2o tanks and star sheet infrastructure successful nan vicinity. 

Pakistan launched drone and rocket attacks connected nan nighttime of May 8 and has been consistently violating nan ceasefire on nan Line of Control (LoC) ever since India conducted Operation Sindoor, a bid of precision strikes against 9 panic camps successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, successful consequence to nan April 22 Pahalgam panic onslaught that killed 26 people.

Published on: May 9, 2025 6:33 PM IST