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A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Punjab's Adampur airbase after days of military standoff between India and Pakistan, his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif went to Sialkot's Pasrur Cantonment on Wednesday to meet officers and soldiers involved in the confrontation.
Pasrur Cantonment, Sialkot, is located some 130 kms from Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. During India's Operation Sindoor, radar sites at Pasrur and Sialkot aviation base were targeted using precision munitions, causing massive damage.
During his visit to the Pasrur Cantonment in Sialkot, Sharif met with officers and soldiers who participated in the operation during the ongoing confrontation, according to the PM House. He also addressed the officers and soldiers at Pasrur Cantonment.
In the coming days, Sharif will also visit airbases and naval bases to meet officers and personnel of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy, the PM House said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Army Chief General Asim Munir, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu, Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal and Attaullah Tarar, Corps Commander Sialkot, and senior civil and military leadership accompanied Sharif on this visit.
The visit came after the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor on the intervening nights of May 6 and 7, targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), killing over 100 terrorists. The operation was initiated to avenge the killings of 26 people, mostly tourists, in the Pahalgam terror attack.
Pakistan then escalated the situation, attempting to attack several Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The confrontation raised fears of a full-blown war between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
The Indian armed forces launched a fierce counter-attack on several Pakistani military installations, including Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian.
On May 10, US President Donald Trump announced a 'ceasefire' between India and Pakistan. However, India rejected this claim and said any matters between New Delhi and Islamabad would be addressed bilaterally.
In his first address to the nation after Operation Sindoor on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sternly warned Pakistan that India will not succumb to nuclear blackmail and sent a clear message to the world - terror and trade, terror and talks cannot go together.
He also said that talks with Pakistan would only be held on the issue of terrorism and the returning of POK to India.
(with inputs from PTI)
Published By:
Prateek Chakraborty
Published On:
May 14, 2025
