2:11 pm : PM Narendra Modi swears to protect the country
2.00 pm : BJP President Amit Shah congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying out the air strikes across the border.
1.51 pm : A Senior Indian govt source says, “ Indian air strike in Balakot killed 300 militants.
1.39 pm: The Pakistan Foreign Office says its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has postponed his trip to Japan due to the situation.
1.36 pm: Mehbooba Mufti tweeted, “Post pre dawn strikes carried out by IAF, conflicting reports coming in. Official communique by FS claims that terror training camps were bombed while Pak denied this & said that the planes made a hasty retreat after being spotted. Hope objective of both sides has been served.”
1.32 pm: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, “We have always said that whatever action the forces take for protection of this nation, all of us will support them.
1.29 pm : JeM’s Yusuf Azhar alias Mohammad Salim alias Ustaad Gohri who was targeted today by IAF airstrike in Balakot across LOC was on the Interpol list and among the most wanted in India.
12.52 pm : Pakistan Foreign Minister responds to India’s Strike and he calls the air strike a “grave aggression”.
12.20 pm: NC leader Omar Abdullah tweeted, “So it is Balakote in KPK. That’s a strike deep inside Pakistan & is hugely embarrassing for them. Regardless of what the other side may claim was or wasn’t hit the planes crossed over, dropped their payload & flew back completely unscathed.”
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale addressed the media on Tuesday, after air strikes were carried out by Indian Air Force across the LoC at 3.30 am, and said, “India struck the biggest JeM terror camp in Balakot, run by Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law.”
