PoK Kalam Poonch Badgam Gulpur Doda Udhampur Jammu Samba Bhimber Sialkot INDIA Muridke We call on India and Pakistan to prioritise peace and stability, remain calm and restrained We hope the differences will be resolved through peaceful, political and diplomatic means We call on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint to avoid escalation and protect civilians Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately at a time and place of its choosing Donald Trump, US president Chinese foreign ministry Russia’s foreign ministry Jean-Noel, French FM Lahore Amritsar Pak foreign ministry Jalandhar PA K I S TA N Bahawalpur PAHALGAM AVENGeD Precision strikes on nine terror camps of Let, JeM and Hizb in Pakistan and PoK from 1 .04 am No military or civilian infra attacked Govt works the phones to brief major international leaders Pak calls it a heinous act of aggression, says resolute response underway Markaz Taiba at Murdike, and Mehmoona Joya and Sarjal at A fortnight after the horrific Pa- Tehra Kalan in Sialkot. The othhalgam massacre that shook up er five were inside the PoK the nation like never before, In- across the LoC — the Markaz dia launched Operation Sindoor Abbas in Kotli and Syedna Bilal in the wee hours of Wednesday camp in Muzaffarabad (all of , hitting nine terrorist sites in the banned Jaish-e-MohamPakistan and Pakistan-Occu- med), Markaz Ahle Hadith at pied Kashmir Barnala and Sa(PoK). wai Nalla camp The “precision also at Muzafstrikes” by misfarabad (all of siles were against banned LashkarPrime Minister the terror infrae - To i b a ) a n d Narendra Modi hails the armed structure alone Markaz Raheel forces for in Pakistan. An Shahid in Kotli targeted strikes of ficial, who (of the banned at terror camps in H i z b u l spoke on condiPakistan and PoK tion of anonymiMujahideen). ty, said Prime “Our actions Minister Narendra Modi moni- have been focused, measured tored the operation against Pa- and non-escalatory in nature. kistan through the night. No Pakistani military facilities The camps that faced Indian have been targeted. India has fury in Pakistan across the In- demonstrated considerable reternational Border were Markaz straint in selection of targets Subhan Allah at Bahawalpur, and method of execution,” the M AYA N K S I N G H @ New Delhi People burst firecrackers and wave tricolour as they hail Operation Sindoor that took out terror camps in Pakistan, PoK, in Prayagraj on Wednesday | PTI defence ministry statement stated. These steps came in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and a Nepali citizen were gunned down. “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” it said. Senior Indian officials later briefed their counterparts in a number of countries, including the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia on the attack. NSA Ajit Doval spoke to his US counterpart and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, briefing him on the Indian actions. The operation was jointly conducted by the Army and the Air Force with the Indian Navy on high alert as their warships were positioned into international waters so as to respond if required. On the details of the weaponry utilised, while the sources did not provide specific information, they confirmed that “standoff ” weapons were used. Rafale jets are equipped with Scalp and Hammer missiles, both capable of being launched from a standoff distance. For its part, Pakistan claimed 31 civilian casualties — 26 from missile attacks and five due to artillery attack along the LoC. nine some of the chosen Strikes kill 10 family members of Masood Azhar Camp that trained Kasab razed down M U K E S H R A N J A N @ New Delhi E x p ress N e w s S er v i c e Several family members and close associates of Jaishe-Mohammed (JeM) founder Masood Azhar were killed in the precision airstrikes carried out by the India on Wednesday morning on terror infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir. According to Pakistan media reports, Masood Azhar released a statement admitting that 10 of his family members were killed. However, unconfirmed sources said that 14 people were killed in Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur. Indian forces on Wednesday confirmed that they have carried out 24 missile strikes on nine terror training camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir including Muridke, where 26/11 Mumbai terror attack operatives Ajmal Kasab and David Coleman Headley were trained. While briefing the media, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi presented video evidence of the destroyed camps, including footage from Muridke (LeT headquarters) and Bahawalpur (Jaish-e-Mohammad headquarters). @ New Delhi 1 Muzaffarabad: Located in PoK, 30 km from the LoC, it was a key LeT training facility. The recent Pahalgam attack was carried out by a terror module which was incubated at Sawai Nala Sawai Nala Camp It’s a shame. They have been fighting for many, many decades... I just hope it ends very quickly Kishtwar 2 Muzaffarabad: A Jaish-eMohammad camp, it was being used as a staging area. It trained terrorists in weapons, explosives and jungle cum survival techniques for terror attacks in J&K syedna belal Camp tadepalligudem l thursday l may 08, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION Pahalgam 3 Kotli: Located 30 km from LoC, it was the LeT base for operating in RajouriPoonch. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, 26/11 mastermind, frequented it for indoctrination and motivational speeches Gulpur Camp Islamabad Leh 4 Kotli: Located about 13 km from LoC, it was the nerve centre for training LeT suicide bombers. This camp had training infrastructure for about 50 terrorists Abbas Camp Kotli Srinagar ■ 5 Bhimber: Located 9 km from LoC, it was used for providing training to terrorists in weapon handling, IED making and jungle survival techniques Barnala Camp Mardan Peshawar CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ Kupwara Bandipur Tithwal Baramula 6 Sialkot: Located about 6 km from the International Border. Terrorists who killed four J&K policemen in March 2025 were trained and launched from this camp Sarjal Camp Muzaffarabad