India has revealed details of Pakistan's attempted drone attacks on multiple locations along the India-Pakistan border. Pakistan launched 300-400 drones at 36 locations from Leh to Sir Creek, while also using civilian aircraft as shields. I
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00:00a detailed press conference by India to expose Pakistan's ways and what really happened last
00:05night. A couple of aspects that I'd like to focus on here. One, the fact that Pakistan and India's
00:10exposed this, of how Pakistan has used civilian aircraft almost as a shield to ensure the IAF
00:15doesn't hit out at the drones. And so we had to exercise maximum restraint and also the use of
00:21Turkish drones. We're going to be talking about that. Just take a look first at some of the
00:24highlights of that briefing.
00:30On the intervening night of 8th, 9th May 2025, Pakistan military carried out multiple violations
00:37of Indian airspace along the entire western border with an intent to target military infrastructure.
00:45Pakistan military also resorted to firing of heavy caliber weapons along the line of control.
00:51Along the international border and line of control, drone intrusions were attempted from
00:57Lay to Sir Creek at 36 locations with approximately 300 to 400 drones. Indian armed forces brought down
01:06a number of these drones using kinetic and non-kinetic means. Pakistan's irresponsible behavior again came
01:13to fore. Pakistan did not close its civil airspace despite it launching a failed unprovoked drone
01:20and missile attack on 7th May at 8.30 hours in the evening. Pakistan is using civil airliners as a shield, knowing fully well that its attack on India would elicit a swift air defense response.
01:36This is not safe for the unsuspecting civil airliners, including the international flight, which were flying near IAF between India and Pakistan.
01:44Pakistan also carried out artillery shelling across the line of control using heavy caliber artillery guns and armed drones at Tandhar, Uri, Poonch, Mender, Rajauri, Akhnur and Udhampur
02:00in Jammu and Kashmir area, which resulted in some losses and injuries to Indian army personnel.
02:06Pakistan army also suffered major losses in Indian retaliatory fires.
02:13So, let's just talk about the one aspect. Gaurav is with me. We've got senior journalist Sandeep Unitan also with us here in our studios.
02:22But just putting the focus really, Gaurav, on the fact that, you know, India spoke about a civilian aircraft being used as a shield.
02:30How exactly did that happen? What happened last night?
02:33So, what happened was Pakistan targeted multiple locations in India. India fired countermeasures, but India could not take the kind of retaliatory action India could have
02:43because Pakistan has not closed its airspace for civilian flights. So, this flight, an Airbus A320 flying from Dhamam to Lahore was flying with passengers in.
02:54So, India exercised restraint. Had India fired a longer range missile, that civilian aircraft could have been in the line of fire and civilians could have been killed.
03:01So, Pakistan, as always, uses civilians as a shield. And in this case, it's risking lives of civilian passengers as it sends in drones and aerial, you know, projectiles into our country.
03:14You contrast that, Sandeep, with India, of course, we've closed off largely all airports in the north and west, keeping in mind this particular threat.
03:23You contrast that to Pakistan. So, we understand that they timed the aircraft in such a manner to their strikes, essentially.
03:29And what this does is, I understand, we can't fire back into Pakistani soil.
03:33We managed to intercept, but that's it.
03:35Absolutely, Akshita. And that's what the game plan appears to be, that they, you know, exactly like they say, how guerrillas operate among the people.
03:42And it becomes very difficult to target them. This seems to be the strategy over here, that they kind of engage from, you know, between where commercial aircraft are flying, they launch drones from there, and retaliation becomes extremely difficult because you cannot target an area which is, you know, filled with civilian passenger aircraft.
04:02It would be catastrophic, the consequences for that. But, you know, quickly, one more point that the Foreign Secretary made, Akshita, about Pakistan deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure on our side of the border.
04:13They shelled a convent, they killed students, they targeted, you know, other members of that convent, and they've targeted Gurdwaras as well.
04:20And the Foreign Secretary, I have to agree with what he says. He says, this is a new law, even for Pakistan, targeting civilian infrastructure, targeting places of worship, convents and the like.
04:31So, I mean, I wouldn't put it past them, what he described about using civilian aircraft as shields for what they are doing, striking against us, striking at our civilians, all across this 3,000 kilometre boundary.
04:42Yeah, and while they constantly continue to do that, mind you, India, in our response also, we've been very measured, and we've ensured that come what may, no matter what level of provocation really Pakistan results to, that's where we draw the line.
04:56We're not targeting civilian establishments, we're not targeting civilian settlements, come what may.
05:00And so, despite these kind of provocations, India's been hitting back, countering only by hitting Pakistani military establishment.
05:07Just a quick word also from Munish Pandey on the point that was made by the MEA about what's happening along the LOC, and the constant shelling, come sunset, in many, many parts along the LOC, Munish.
05:18That's very, very worrying, the way Pakistan has been resorting to targeting these civilian settlements, most of which now has been evacuated also, as a measure now by our forces.
05:26Absolutely, Achita, and what we saw yesterday in the region of Jammu and nearby areas, that there were constant firing, not only through drones, but also artillery firing, heavy shelling from, you know, Pakistan's side.
05:46And it was not only limited to military establishment, it was, you know, targeted through civilian areas also.
05:55And that is very worrying because, you know, there is a line, whenever there is a war, there is a line, whenever there is such provocations also, then there is a line.
06:05But Pakistan has seen no line, it seems, and that is why, you know, they are not only targeting military establishment, but also the civilian areas also.
06:15Also, one important point, Achita, is that they sent more than 500 drones last night, and it becomes very difficult for, you know, any military establishment, be it any armed forces, to, you know, distinguish between those drones and a civilian aircraft.
06:32So, India has acted very responsibly, most of those drones were neutralized, but, you know, India could have done much better if that civilian aircraft was not in its way.
06:43But India has acted very responsibly, and what we have been given to understand is that most of the drones which were sent in the areas like Amrissa, Gurudaspur, Pathankot, those drones were neutralized successfully by the Indian Air Force.
06:57So, we managed to repel any attack by Pakistan, and I'll talk about really what India's counter looked like.
07:03We'll talk about that in just a bit, but first listen in to some of the highlights of what the Foreign Secretary had to say.
07:08The other point in the same vein is Pakistani claims that they did not target or attack any religious places.
07:23You would recall that yesterday I shared with you an incident related to the attack on a Gurdwara in Punj.
07:31Instead of owning up to these attacks, Pakistan made the preposterous and outrageous claim that it was the Indian Armed Forces and the Indian Air Force that was targeting cities like Amritsar and trying to put the blame on Pakistan.
07:48This is nothing but a desperate attempt by Pakistan to disown its acts of aggression, but it is also true to type in its effort to deceive and mislead the world.
08:04It will not succeed.
08:05The Gurdwara in Punj in particular was attacked by Pakistan, and some local members of the Sikh community, including the Ragi of the Gurdwara, lost their lives in this incident, as I shared yesterday.
08:21As we saw in the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan is again trying desperately to impart a communal hue to the situation with an intention to create discord.
08:32Again, we are not surprised.
08:36India's steadfast unity in itself is a challenge to Pakistan.
08:42And so that's how the Foreign Secretary really exposed Pakistan, their dirty tricks.
08:47Quite expected really that they're also using civilians as a shield, targeting civilians in India and then using civilians as a shield as well.
08:55But let's also put the focus really on one question, the nature of counter that came in from India last night.
09:01Gaurav, what really was that about?
09:03Do we have any details of what kind of a counter-strike was launched by India last night?
09:07So India has already made it very clear that India will not escalate.
09:11But in case there's any action from Pakistan, there will be a response and a definite response.
09:16So the response this morning has been taking out an air defence system of Pakistan.
09:21Even on day one, after Pakistan attempted to target multiple installations in India, India had taken out the HQ-16 air defence system and that was in Lahore.
09:32This time again in Pakistan's Punjab, an air defence system has been taken down.
09:37Perhaps that's the one at the Ukara contornment.
09:39And this would indicate that systematically India is degrading Pakistan's war-fighting capabilities.
09:47When you take down a country's air defence system, it's not just the radar that's taken down.
09:52Often the missiles that come along with it are also either rendered ineffective or Pakistan becomes night blind or blind in terms of the ability to respond.
10:02So India is systematically degrading Pakistan's war-fighting capabilities without escalating.
10:08And by constantly, Sandeep, it seems targeting essentially Pakistan's ability to detect what's coming their way.
10:14And when we talk about what's happened in this counter-strike, like Gaurav said, you know, these radars that have been hit.
10:19How deep in Pakistan were they?
10:20Well, it wouldn't be deeper than about 50 kilometres because Lahore is very, you know, just across the border from Amritsar.
10:26So what, as Gaurav mentioned, what we seem to be doing is to chip away at their capabilities, degrade their capabilities, target their radars.
10:35You know, radars are very, very critical for air defence systems because without radars, missiles are useless, guns are useless, they cannot see anything.
10:43If you can't see anything, you can't shoot at anything.
10:45So that's what India seems to be doing here, targeting radars, targeting air defence radars,
10:51because when and if and when an Indian retaliation comes, again, it's going to be from the air, it's going to be the air force or it's going to be drones.
10:59And Pakistan, the fewer radars that Pakistan has, you know, that are operational,
11:06the lesser are the chances of it intercepting an Indian airstrike or an Indian drone strike.
11:11Okay.
11:12I just want to also right now focus on what's been happening through the last many days,
11:17the escalation and the conflict between India and Pakistan.
11:19Let's just take a look, really, at the escalation ladder and where things stand right now.
11:25We'll pull out that particular graphic for you and show you where things stand at this point.
11:31And there you have it.
11:32Essentially, if you look at, really, the, you know, different levels there,
11:39at this point, the current state of conflict is at limited battle.
11:43Gaurav, what exactly does that mean?
11:44And if there's an escalation, let's say tonight, does that mean full-scale war then?
11:48So, full-scale war actually would require mobilization of troops on either side.
11:53And the troop mobilization hasn't taken place.
11:55Of course, India has post-Operation Parakram or post-attack on the Indian Parliament
12:01where mobilization took about three weeks, come up with a new concept called Cold Start.
12:06And Cold Start meant that you don't have to mobilize your forces, your strike corps.
12:11India has one strike corps in Bhopal, another strike corps in Mathura.
12:15And by the time they come to the battle area, they form up at battle area,
12:19it's already three to four weeks and the world doesn't give you time or like that to respond.
12:24So, then it's too late.
12:25And this was as a confidence-building measure with Pakistan.
12:27Pakistan has done no confidence-building measures with India.
12:30We unilaterally did that in the past.
12:32Now, with Cold Start, you have the troops needed for assault already deployed as, you know, integrated battle groups.
12:40That means infantry, artillery, armor, engineers, signals, all that is required for battle to go air defense,
12:48to just go into battle as and when required to the limited VA, VP that you want to capture,
12:54the vital asset, vital point, the nodes in the enemy center.
12:57And then rest of the army fetches up for you to carry on that campaign.
13:00So, even that India isn't doing just as yet.
13:04If you talk about the escalation ladder, well, Pakistan climbed the escalation ladder
13:08when it used terrorists to kill innocents in Pehelgaam.
13:11We've climbed in terms of responding by taking out their missiles, missile, you know, defense shield.
13:17They then tried to respond at multiple civil and military targets.
13:21That's an escalation.
13:22If we were to respond similarly, that would be escalation or punitive.
13:27We haven't escalated as of now.
13:29So, that's the situation right now that India hasn't escalated.
13:32And when you look at this escalation ladder...
13:35So, we're here right now.
13:36Right now, just a little before limited battle till full-scale war
13:41because we're not even in limited battle.
13:43We're in skirmishes just as yet.
13:44These are skirmishes.
13:45So, these are skirmishes, not yet limited battle
13:48because limited battle would mean extensive engagement.
13:51Right now, you're just testing each other.
13:53Do you think so too?
13:54Absolutely.
13:55Somewhere between the two and not really at all?
13:57So, we would be somewhere below this.
13:59We would be below limited battle because that is what Gaurav mentioned.
14:02Limited battle would be the cold start doctrine kicking in,
14:06shallow strikes, limited ground offensives.
14:08So, we are somewhere between military preparedness and limited battle.
14:13This is what we are doing with our cross-border strikes,
14:15what we've done with Operation Sindhu, Phase 1 and Phase 2.
14:18So, that's the situation that we are at right now.
14:20You know, military preparedness, to me, we seem much above that.
14:23Yes.
14:24It's beyond preparedness now because you're seeing strikes happening.
14:27So, when you're preparing, you're also degrading the enemy before you strike.
14:30So, you're degrading his warfighting capabilities.
14:32If I may, and Sandeep can bear this out, you know, in war, there's no black and white.
14:38There are many areas of grey.
14:39And in these areas of grey, military preparedness is when you're degrading his ability to fight.
14:44And Sandeep, weigh in on this with me.
14:46You're degrading his ability to fight.
14:48Before limited battle, there are skirmishes that go on in several sectors.
14:53So, limited battle also, before limited battle goes to full-scale war,
14:58there are sector-wise, you know, war is science.
15:01Even when there is a limited battle that's going on, before it goes to full-scale war,
15:05Kargil was a limited battle restricted only to Kargil.
15:08It did not spread beyond, you know, to the Jammu sector.
15:12Or if we can, come Sandeep, let's explain it on this map.
15:14This is the India map.
15:16When you had the 1965 and 1971 war, you were engaging all along across all sectors.
15:22In 1971, you were not only engaging in these sectors,
15:25you were also engaging here in Bangladesh and Bangladesh from all sides.
15:29That was then East Pakistan.
15:31So, 71 war was full-fledged.
15:33Assault operations here, holding operations here.
15:36That was full-scale.
15:38Kargil was limited only to this.
15:41It did not even escalate from there to Punjab, to Rajasthan, to Gujarat.
15:45But that's the difference from then to now.
15:47My point is that right now, we're seeing essentially conflict along this entire stretch.
15:51So then, how do you define that?
15:53Because the conflict is the troop movement.
15:56And see, when conflict happens, our tanks will be going across.
15:59Our soldiers will be going across.
16:01You know, they would try and come across and we would be destroying them here.
16:04So, this is where conflict happens when we have, of course, started bombing them here.
16:09And there are jets here too.
16:10So, then that's my question.
16:11Because you've got in Bhuja reports of a strike.
16:13You've got reports in Rajasthan as well.
16:15Well, you know, Akshita, the thing is that, as Gaurav was mentioning, that the military has not mobilized fully.
16:20Like they did in 1971 and they did in 2001.
16:24When Parakram happened, you had one of the largest deployments of the Indian military since 1971.
16:30Where you had the Indian military deployed all along the 3,000 kilometer long border.
16:35And, of course, the L.C. with Pakistan.
16:37You had three strike corps positioned there, ready to, you know, strike deep inside Pakistan.
16:43Of course, there is the first strike corps, this is 21 strike corps from Bhopal that was positioned here in Rajasthan.
16:48Movement across towards.
16:49Movement across, along, all along the border where they're poised.
16:53When the signal is given, all the strike corps move.
16:55All three strike corps move into Pakistan.
16:58They start doing battle with the enemy.
16:59So, that's a very, very critical component of the land battle.
17:02Which is when the military, India's military mobilizes fully ready to strike.
17:07That hasn't happened yet.
17:08So, what we are seeing is, we're looking at an alert all across the border.
17:11We're looking at skirmishes.
17:13You can call them skirmishes, air-to-air skirmishes.
17:16Long-range missiles being fired.
17:19Drones being fired.
17:20This is, you know, this is the first drone war of India and Pakistan that you're seeing over the last 48 hours or so.
17:27So, it's actually, we are several rungs away from even a full-scale mobilization of the soldiers.
17:34So, what will it take?
17:35And I just want to bring it back to this, Gaurav and Sandeep.
17:38You know, where right now you're saying somewhere between this.
17:40At what step of what Pakistan does, do you think it becomes limited battle?
17:45The word war has been used a lot right now.
17:47And both of you are telling me we can't just use that at this point.
17:49No, because it hasn't reached that stage just as yet.
17:52Right now, both sides are testing each other.
17:55We are testing them.
17:56We are like, at times, poking them to tell them we are degrading your warfighting capability.
18:01They are trying.
18:02They are not succeeding.
18:04And, you know, if there are some things, if they send in 500 drones,
18:08often we are being told that those drones are the cheap Chinese drone without ammunition.
18:13So, they are making us proof of our very expensive ammunition.
18:17Some of them, of course, thankfully made in India.
18:19So, we don't have to spend precious foreign exchange.
18:21But then, we are proofing off.
18:24We did proof of quite a bit of ammunition to neutralize the threat yesterday.
18:27It was essential because we didn't know it could have come in and destroyed any of our civilians.
18:31What we could have done, had we wanted to escalate,
18:34was then send in similar 500 drones across and targeted them.
18:39But they would have seen that as escalation.
18:42And we are still giving Pakistan an opportunity.
18:44The enemy is not the people of Pakistan.
18:46The enemy is that military jihad complex represented by General Asim Munir,
18:52Hafiz Mohammed Said, that maulana of terror, Masood Azhar, and a lot more.
18:56So, we want them to be neutralized by the people of Pakistan, if hopefully.
19:00If not, we are willing to do that job for them.
19:02And what's been very clear, and this is the message that the MEO also has put out,
19:06Mr. Vikram Misri has said very clearly,
19:07that our strikes and our response has been non-escalatory.
19:10Which is why I'm asking at this point,
19:13if this war to climb up in the escalation ladder to a limited battle,
19:16what's the one provocation or the strike or the attempt that Pakistan makes
19:20that will make that scale up, Sandeep?
19:22Well, Akshita, it has to be a very high visibility terror attack
19:26of the kind that Pakistan has been carrying out in the last 25 years.
19:29It has to be a very large number of civilians that they've killed,
19:33like they did, or attack a very symbolic target,
19:36like Parliament in 2001, 26-11, Mumbai.
19:39It could be another, you know, Pulwama or Pahalgam, a suicide attack, God forbid.
19:45If any of these were to happen, that would be considered an escalation,
19:48and India would have no option but to mobilize its forces
19:51and go in for, start, you know, moving forces for the cold start option.
19:57With the cold start is shallow military strikes,
20:00using the ground component, using the land forces,
20:03striking across all fronts with Pakistan.
20:06But, you know, if I may, before it even comes to limited battle to full scale,
20:11right now what we can also do, and it's very interesting,
20:14again, war is science, you know.
20:16One, there is, first you have an aim and there is maintenance of aim.
20:20If aim is, look at Pakistan, it is such a narrow country,
20:24from north to south, within two hours you can cover it by air,
20:27from here to here, it's very, very narrow.
20:30So, if you want to squeeze this country,
20:32you just start deploying your navy closer here,
20:36and this is just 1,000 odd kilometers
20:39that you can completely put your ships here,
20:43put your ships here, put your ships here,
20:45put your ships here, and start live firing exercises.
20:49So, no oil will come to Karachi,
20:51no oil will come to Gwadar.
20:53Jivani, Gwadar, Pasni, Karachi, Ormara,
20:56these are the five major ports in Pakistan,
20:59you blockade him, he will choke to death,
21:02and surrender without fighting a war.
21:04And that will be the final step, is what everyone is saying,
21:06if we go ahead and deploy our navy,
21:09it's then going ahead and opening a new front against Pakistan.
21:12Absolutely.
21:13And you essentially cripple Pakistan then.
21:15Well, it's already begun, if you look at it.
21:16It's already begun.
21:17You are seeing exercises.
21:18You are, we are seeing the navy being deployed in the North Arabian Sea,
21:23because the navy has issued no times for extensive missile firing exercises
21:28all along the North Arabian Sea.
21:30And that indicates that if there were missile firing of the ranges that have been shown,
21:35that would mean a large number of ships.
21:37We are not giving you numbers,
21:38but there are a large number of naval warships out there in the North Arabian Sea,
21:42even as we speak, ready to open that maritime front,
21:46if Pakistan chooses to escalate.
21:48So, right now, the distance between Indian navy here and the Pakistan navy here,
21:54they are carrying out their exercises,
21:56we are carrying out our exercises,
21:58and the difference here is barely 35 nautical miles.
22:01That's about 70, 80 kilometers at the most.
22:04It's a little over visual range,
22:06and all of the fleets are actually parked out there,
22:08because they are far out at sea.
22:10We don't kind of get the visibility.
22:12The navy rarely gets the kind of visibility that it should get,
22:15but this is the situation as it's unfolding in the North Arabian Sea.
22:19This is happening right now, even as we speak.
22:20Pakistani warships, Indian warships are exercising right there.
22:24They are conducting live missile tests.
22:26So, almost eyeball to eyeball there too.
22:28In this location, so their attempt is,
22:31they will keep firing here.
22:32So, the Pakistan naval fleet is here.
22:33Yeah.
22:34They will keep firing here,
22:35so that our ships don't go and start attacking Karachi like they did in 1971.
22:40Or even come within missile firing range.
22:42So, the idea is to, you know, keep the Indian Navy down south.
22:45And we're maintaining a certain distance as well.
22:46We're maintaining a distance,
22:47but they have asked for,
22:49they've issued no times to ensure that we don't come within missile firing range of either Karachi,
22:54any of these ports,
22:55or even targets in the hinterland.
22:57So, they've created something like a ADIZ,
23:00like the kind that China has created around Taiwan.
23:03So, air defense identification zone.
23:06By issuing these no times,
23:07saying that, listen, we are firing over here,
23:09so everyone stay out.
23:10All warships,
23:12all, you know,
23:13merchant ships,
23:13all aircrafts,
23:14stay out of this area
23:15because we are firing missiles.
23:16But that also starts bleeding Pakistan already
23:18because insurance costs will go up.
23:20If there are live firing missile exercises happening,
23:23no civilian ship will go to Karachi to refuel.
23:25No food, fuel,
23:27any of those resources will come in via ship
23:28and Pakistan anyway will be in trouble.
23:31So, India is holding back here.
23:32Like you said,
23:33we're here right now.
23:33Yep.
23:34What stops us from going ahead
23:35and escalating it here?
23:37When we want to,
23:38I'm sure we can.
23:39That's an option that India retains.
23:41But it will be the last resort.
23:42It will be one of the final resorts.
23:45You know,
23:46if we were to go out for an all-out shooting war,
23:49the Navy would definitely join in the action.
23:51Okay.
23:52So, what we're seeing right now
23:53is,
23:54as Gaurav and Sandeep put it,
23:56not even a limited battle.
23:57Just below that.
23:59And hopefully,
24:00it doesn't escalate into a limited battle.
24:02That, of course,
24:03it's up to Pakistan completely to decide.
24:05But I want you to take a look at our next report.
24:07We've done a very interesting comparison
24:08of the Pakistan Army's tactics.
24:11And I'm sure Sandeep and Gaurav
24:12would like to pitch in on that
24:13right after this report
24:14on how the strikes,
24:16the failed strikes that we saw last night,
24:18very, very similar
24:19to how, essentially,
24:21Hamas tried to strike Israel.
24:22Take a look at this report
24:23and then we'll talk about that in a bit.
24:25Pakistani attacks thwarted again.
24:36Its plot to bleed civilian areas
24:39with drones and crude missiles
24:40foiled again.
24:42But the repeated attacks by Pakistan
24:45at multiple locations
24:46has a pattern.
24:48Using chilling modus operandi
24:50of a terrorist organization,
24:52this style has been copied from Hamas.
24:56Short-range, locally-assembled rockets
24:59were launched by Pakistan
25:00in quick succession
25:01to target dense civilian areas.
25:04A chapter exactly copied
25:06from Hamas' playbook.
25:08Pakistan, just like Hamas,
25:10aimed to exhaust Indian air defense system
25:13with multiple projectiles.
25:15But just like Israel's Iron Dome,
25:17India's S-400 air defense system
25:20repelled the nefarious attempt.
25:23The Hamas attack on Israel
25:25seems to have inspired Pakistan.
25:27First, the attack in Pahalgam
25:28and then targeting of civilians.
25:31This is a very clear imprint.
25:33Secondly, is about how targeting
25:35of civilians,
25:36especially living in line-of-control
25:38style adopted by Hamas,
25:41targeting innocent civilians.
25:42Then thereafter,
25:43what we know is
25:44the meeting of masterminds,
25:46especially Hamas leaders meeting,
25:47not just top Lashkar commanders,
25:49but terrorists
25:50right in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
25:53Something Pakistan has supported
25:54all along
25:55are not just terror launchpad,
25:57but big terror organizations
25:59and are being safe havens there.
26:02But effectively handled well
26:04and fended off
26:05at line-of-control
26:07and in hinterland
26:08by Indian forces.
26:12Pakistan had recently hosted
26:14Hamas terrorist
26:15at Jaish headquarters,
26:16Bahawalpur,
26:17which has now been reduced to rubble.
26:19It has been primary haven of terrorists
26:21and its role is in multiple
26:23terror strikes across the world.
26:29Is Pakistan's rogue army
26:31now directly copying activities
26:32of terror groups?
26:34Bureau Report, India Today.
26:36Okay, so let's talk about those images.
26:40Let's put out a direct comparison
26:41and I want Gaurav and Sandeep
26:43to weigh in on this.
26:44This is Israel being targeted by Hamas.
26:46You see the images very similar
26:48essentially to what we saw last night
26:50and that's because essentially
26:51a barrage of rockets
26:53fired at India
26:55and all of it intercepted
26:56by a rather robust air defense system.
26:59Gaurav, you were there.
27:00You were there in Israel
27:01when this was happening.
27:02And when you saw the images last night,
27:04was it a sense of deja vu?
27:05Because it seems to be
27:06the exact same strategy to me.
27:08Oh, absolutely.
27:09And what Hamas does,
27:11it uses those very cheap rockets.
27:13Often, you know,
27:14pipeline that's used for water,
27:17those GI pipes,
27:19they are used,
27:19explosives are filled,
27:21there's a charge filled in it,
27:22fins attached,
27:23a cone attached
27:24and launched.
27:25It's almost like
27:26a country-made mortar.
27:28So that's what the Hamas terrorists do
27:30and they fire a barrage.
27:31Sook, sook, sook, sook, sook, sook, sook.
27:33In quick succession.
27:35And Israel has to fire
27:36very expensive
27:37iron dome missiles.
27:39So, you know,
27:39these rockets that cost
27:41a couple of hundred dollars,
27:42just a couple of hundred dollars
27:43and an iron dome missile
27:45which costs
27:46many thousands of dollars,
27:48which is millions of dollars
27:49that's going in,
27:50that is how
27:51Hamas was able to bleed Israel.
27:53And Israel is a rich country.
27:55India is a developing country.
27:57So, there,
27:58Pakistan is trying
27:59exactly the same textbook
28:01making us spend
28:02expensive,
28:04you know,
28:04either the S-400 systems
28:06which is very expensive,
28:0739,000 crore rupees
28:08for five systems
28:10or fortunately,
28:11we have the
28:11made in India,
28:12Akash.
28:12So, when that system
28:14fires back
28:15and neutralizes the threat,
28:17that's a defensive mechanism.
28:19You also need to be offensive
28:21through your weapon
28:22locating radars,
28:23triangulate the place
28:24where that fire
28:25is coming from
28:25and fire back immediately,
28:27destroy those threats.
28:29At source,
28:30what you did in Mureet K,
28:31what you did in Balakot,
28:33what you did in Bahawalpur
28:34is the only way
28:36to punish Pakistan's
28:37state-sponsored
28:38radical Islamist terror.
28:39Isn't it, Sandeep?
28:40If we're seeing this
28:41as a strategy,
28:41as Gaurav put it, Sandeep,
28:43to kind of ensure
28:44that we keep using
28:45our air defense system
28:46and so, therefore,
28:48ensure that we'll
28:48cripple us in that way,
28:50do you think that
28:50in the next few days
28:51then Pakistan is going
28:52to continue this
28:53of firing rockets non-stop?
28:55Absolutely.
28:56Either that or drones.
28:58This seems to be
28:58their playbook
28:59that they want to swarm
29:00our air defense system
29:02with cheap drones.
29:04And we've seen drones
29:05of all varieties being used.
29:07So it's not costing
29:08Pakistan anything?
29:09It doesn't cost them
29:10as much,
29:11but as the MEA spokesperson
29:12said,
29:12they've used everything
29:13from Turkish drones,
29:14which are top-of-the-line
29:15equipment,
29:16right down to the
29:17kind of drones
29:18that we saw
29:18that they used.
29:19The Chinese DJI Mavic
29:21kind of drones,
29:22small quadcopter
29:23kind of drones.
29:24So they're using
29:24everything to swamp
29:25our AD systems,
29:27to light up
29:28our AD systems,
29:28to target our AD systems
29:30and also,
29:30as Gaurav mentioned,
29:31to force us
29:32to poof off ammunition
29:33so that we run
29:34out of ammunition
29:35and they can kind of
29:36attack us.
29:36How do you counter that
29:38though then?
29:39Because we have to
29:39protect.
29:40Hit them at source.
29:41Look,
29:42India has always
29:43been restrained.
29:43I covered the
29:44Kargil war,
29:45so did Sandy
29:45in 1999.
29:47Every time,
29:48India has been
29:48very restrained.
29:50Kargil,
29:50then Prime Minister
29:51Tel Bihari Vajpayee
29:52did not order
29:53the Air Force
29:53to cross the LC
29:56and hit terror
29:57at source
29:58or hit Pakistan
29:58army at source.
30:00The Narendra Modi
30:00government is very
30:01different.
30:01They ordered the Air Force
30:02to go hit Balakot
30:03and hit terror
30:04through missiles
30:05at source.
30:05You need to do that.
30:07That's the only way.
30:08Instead of you bleeding,
30:10the enemy must bleed.
30:12If he bleeds harder,
30:13he's a poor country,
30:15he cannot sustain it,
30:17bleed him
30:17till he stops
30:18using terror
30:19as an instrument
30:20of state policy.
30:21The current approach
30:22of India,
30:24would you call it
30:24restraint?
30:26Because there has
30:26been talk that
30:27we're being
30:28non-escalatory.
30:29We are responding
30:30essentially to Pakistan.
30:32They hit us,
30:32we hit them back.
30:33So do you think
30:34we're still being
30:34restrained?
30:35We are still
30:35very restrained
30:36especially in the
30:37face of very grave
30:38provocation.
30:39If you take
30:39the foreign
30:40secretary's words,
30:41he said that
30:41they've hit new
30:42lows in the battle
30:44that the Pakistanis
30:45are fighting
30:46because they are
30:46targeting civilians,
30:47they're targeting
30:48places of worship,
30:49they're targeting
30:50temples,
30:50they're targeting
30:51gurudwaras,
30:52and they're targeting
30:53convents.
30:53So, you know,
30:55literally as I was
30:56telling Gaurav earlier,
30:57the mask seems to
30:58have fallen off
30:59the Pakistan military.
31:00There is no
31:01distinction between
31:01the Pakistan military
31:02now and the
31:03terrorists that
31:04they rear.
31:04And that we saw
31:05in full evidence
31:06when you saw
31:07that state funeral
31:09for a terrorist
31:09with a coffin
31:10wrapped in the
31:11Pakistan flag.
31:13Unprecedented event.
31:14And the chief
31:15of the army staff
31:15laying a wreath.
31:16Can you imagine
31:16Pakistan army chief
31:18and the core
31:19commander present
31:20there at the funeral
31:21and laying a wreath
31:22and army men
31:22in uniform
31:23standing there
31:24for the namaz
31:25of a terrorist
31:27that just shows
31:27they're brothers
31:28in arms.
31:29Do you see then
31:29that the next step
31:31would also be
31:32trying to get
31:33terrorists to
31:33infiltrate through,
31:34trying to carry out
31:35terror strikes
31:36at the same time
31:37that the army
31:37is firing these
31:38rockets?
31:39It happened this
31:39morning.
31:40Seven terrorists
31:41of Jaisya Muhammad
31:41were killed
31:42trying to infiltrate
31:43in the Samba sector.
31:45And, you know,
31:46the tragedy is
31:47that Pakistan,
31:49you know,
31:50costs need to be
31:51imposed.
31:51The manner in which
31:52government of India
31:53is doing right now,
31:53reaching out to the
31:54International Monetary Fund,
31:55don't give them
31:56the next tranche
31:57of the $2 billion
31:58that they require.
31:59If they have no money,
32:01they can't wage
32:01a terror war
32:02against India.
32:04So, that is where
32:05the world needs to unite.
32:06But, you know,
32:06it's a long-run battle.
32:08Look at Israel.
32:08Israel continues
32:10to gather
32:10international opinion.
32:12The world,
32:12to a very large extent,
32:14until October 7,
32:15was siding with Hamas
32:16and many still continue
32:17to do so.
32:18Similarly,
32:19there are countries
32:19that are siding
32:20with Pakistan,
32:22despite it being
32:22a radical Islamist
32:23state sponsor of terror.
32:24Is that disappointing,
32:25though,
32:26that we haven't,
32:26despite seeing
32:27the manner of strikes
32:28that have been happening
32:29and the clear evidence
32:30written all through
32:31which we've been discussing,
32:32of how, you know,
32:33there's this clear tango
32:34of the Pakistan army
32:35and terrorism,
32:36that there hasn't been
32:37a strong response,
32:39really,
32:39that's come in right now
32:40from the international community.
32:42Everyone's talking
32:42of de-escalate
32:43rather than calling out
32:44Pakistan.
32:44Do you think
32:44that's disappointing
32:45in a sense?
32:46It is disappointing
32:47in a sense,
32:48Akshita,
32:48but, you know,
32:49the fact is that
32:50as Gaurav and me,
32:50we've been covering
32:51terrorism for more than
32:5325 years
32:54and this has been
32:55the playbook all along.
32:56It is your terrorism
32:58versus our terrorism.
32:59They condemn terrorism
33:00only when it affects them
33:01in Europe and in America,
33:03not when it affects us
33:05in the way people
33:06were killed in Mumbai,
33:07for instance.
33:07And that was the first time,
33:08incidentally,
33:09that the world woke up
33:10to global terrorism
33:11because foreigners
33:12were deliberately targeted.
33:15They asked them
33:16for their passports
33:17and depending on
33:18their nationalities,
33:19they were gunned down.
33:20If they were Americans,
33:21they were shot in the head.
33:21If they were Singaporeans,
33:22they were shot in the head.
33:23And interestingly,
33:24if they were Turkish,
33:25they were allowed to,
33:26you know,
33:27go away scot-free.
33:28So this is the kind
33:29of targeted killings
33:30that Pakistan's
33:31state-sponsored
33:32terror machinery
33:33has been doing
33:34over several decades.
33:35So this is
33:36the short answer
33:37to what you asked me,
33:38Akshita,
33:38is this is our battle
33:39to fight.
33:40There is no point
33:41in us looking
33:42for international support.
33:43There will be support
33:44to a certain extent,
33:45but finally,
33:45if you have to go in
33:46and defang the terrorists
33:48and the terror factories,
33:49we will have to do it ourselves.
33:51Oh, absolutely.
33:52You know,
33:52the profiling and killing,
33:54exactly what happened
33:55in Pehel Gham as well,
33:57where instead they started
33:57targeting people
33:59based on their religion.
34:00Look at Daniel Pearl.
34:01He was a Jewish journalist
34:03working in Pakistan
34:04when he took a grave risk,
34:05but that's what journalists
34:06do all the time.
34:07They report the story,
34:08Omar Saeed Sheikh,
34:10he lured them,
34:12lured him,
34:13took him out
34:14and then made him
34:15go down on his knees
34:16and then slit his throat
34:18because he was Jewish.
34:20So he killed him
34:21because of his religion.
34:22Well, he beheaded him
34:22as well.
34:23And they filmed the act.
34:24They filmed the act
34:25and then they broadcast
34:26that video
34:27to show that they had,
34:28you know,
34:29murdered a Jewish person.
34:30And despite all of this,
34:32you still don't see
34:32that kind of global solidarity
34:34that perhaps it should be
34:35against Pakistan.
34:36Put that pressure on them
34:38and make them answer for it
34:40so that they're forced
34:41to go ahead
34:41and also stop breeding
34:43this kind of terror.
34:45Gaurav, Sandeep,
34:45thank you very much
34:46for joining me here
34:47in the studios.
34:47I know it's been a long day,
34:48a long 24 hours for them
34:50and they continue
34:50their marathon coverage
34:51in some time from now.
34:52But thank you for joining me.
34:54I'll bring in Kamiljeet Sandhu
34:55also on this broadcast
34:56for the latest updates
34:57and focusing particularly
34:58on the point
34:59that the MEA made,
35:01which is a big, big,
35:02you know,
35:03exposure of what Pakistan
35:04really stands for,
35:05Kamiljeet,
35:05which is of how
35:06civilian aircraft
35:08was going around
35:09exactly at the time
35:11when Pakistan was firing
35:12those drones
35:13and missiles at us.
35:14Well, absolutely.
35:20The sinister design
35:20of Pakistan
35:21is very well exposed now
35:22and remember,
35:23even though they have
35:24claimed deniability
35:25and need role,
35:27but that's the old tactics
35:28as far as Pakistan
35:29is concerned.
35:30There are safe havens
35:31of terror organization,
35:32be it Lashkar-e-Taiba,
35:33Jaish-e-Mohamad
35:34and even Osama bin Laden
35:36being found in Pakistan.
35:37So all this really points out
35:38towards how
35:39the Pakistan ISI,
35:40the Pakistan Army,
35:41one,
35:42they have indulged
35:43in low-intensity conflict
35:45for past three decades,
35:46but remember,
35:47as far as the government
35:48is concerned,
35:49they have had a threshold
35:51and that is why
35:51what we've seen is
35:52there are ramifications,
35:54be it Udi attack,
35:55Pulwama attack
35:55and now the
35:56Pahlgaam attack
35:57which has taken place
35:58with terror organization
35:59with its imprints
36:00in Pakistan
36:01launching cross-border
36:03terror attacks.
36:03So in that particular sense,
36:05what is also seen
36:06is the Hamas-style attack
36:08where how Hamas
36:10in October 2023
36:11had attacked Israeli parts
36:13both launching civilian
36:14as well as military strikes.
36:16But here also
36:16what we see is
36:17that the civilians
36:18are being targeted
36:19not just in Pahlgaam
36:21but across line of control
36:22and international border
36:23where what we've seen
36:24is heavy artillery fire.
36:26We've also seen
36:27the magnitude
36:28with which
36:29the Pakistani army
36:30has launched
36:31and surveillance drones
36:32being sent.
36:33But remember
36:34as far as
36:35India is concerned
36:36which is superior
36:37in terms of military
36:38might in every senses
36:40there has been
36:41thwarting
36:42and neutralizing
36:43all these threats
36:44coming from across
36:45the border.
36:46We've been very measured
36:47in our response.
36:48That's very clear
36:49at this point
36:50because even as
36:51you've been seeing
36:51these constant strikes
36:52by Pakistan
36:53we've hit back
36:54in our counter
36:55one of their radars
36:57and therefore
36:57we continue to maintain
36:59we will not target
37:00civilian establishments.
37:01The IAF
37:02as the MEA
37:03also told us
37:03has shown
37:05great restraint
37:06last night
37:07when Pakistan
37:08was resorting
37:09to the strikes
37:09because of the
37:10civilian aircraft
37:11that was hovering
37:11around in that
37:12particular area.
37:14Kamal ji,
37:14thanks very much
37:15for joining us
37:15with those details.
37:16I was referring earlier
37:17to the fact that
37:18there seems to be
37:19a lack of global
37:20solidarity and messaging
37:21to Pakistan.
37:22Today in just about
37:24one hour from now
37:25at 7.30 Indian
37:26Standard Time
37:27is when the
37:27International Monetary
37:28Fund will take
37:29a decision on
37:30whether they're going
37:31to be giving
37:32the bailout package
37:33to Pakistan.
37:34Pakistan of course
37:34has been in
37:35financial doldrums,
37:36the economy is a mess
37:37and they've been
37:38seeking money
37:39from the IMF.
37:40They want a big
37:42fat loan.
37:43Pakistan is facing
37:45a perfect storm
37:46of financial collapse
37:48and rising tensions
37:49with India
37:50which is why
37:50they need it
37:51more than ever.
37:52India has been
37:53pushing,
37:53saying do not
37:54give a country
37:55that harbors terrorists
37:56a bailout package.
37:57It was pure chaos
38:06on the streets
38:06of Lahore
38:07Thursday morning.
38:09Sirens went off
38:10and people ran
38:11out of their homes
38:12as a series of
38:13loud explosions
38:14were heard
38:15in the city.
38:18The incident
38:19comes just a day
38:20after Operation
38:21Sindhu destroyed
38:22terror pads
38:22in Pakistan
38:23and the POK
38:25and reports
38:27trickle-in
38:27of a swarmed
38:29drone attack
38:30on Lahore's
38:31air defence systems.
38:32Clearly
38:33Pakistan's confidence
38:34is shaken.
38:37For the first time
38:38in several years
38:39trading was suspended
38:40at the Karachi
38:41Stock Exchange
38:42after the KSE30
38:44index plunged
38:45more than 7%
38:46in trade today.
38:48Investors
38:48are feeling
38:49the pain as well.
38:51The Karachi
38:52Stock Exchange
38:53was at
38:5336,403
38:56at its close
38:57on 22nd
38:58of April
38:58the day
38:59of the
39:00Pehalga massacre.
39:01By 6th of May
39:02it had fallen
39:035%.
39:04Operation Sindhu
39:06led to a bloodbath
39:07on KSE
39:08with the index
39:08falling more than
39:096%
39:10in intraday trade.
39:12Finally
39:12it closed
39:13with a fall
39:14of 3%.
39:14Today again
39:15the sell-off
39:16was deeper
39:17with the index
39:18plunging
39:19nearly 9%
39:21in trade.
39:21Pakistan's
39:24fragile economy
39:25is ill-equipped
39:26to face
39:27any hostilities
39:28with India.
39:29Investors
39:30started selling
39:30stocks
39:31immediately
39:32after
39:32a Pehalgama
39:33tax
39:33and for the
39:34first time
39:35in the past
39:36few years
39:36trading
39:37was suspended.
39:38Pakistan
39:39is tearing
39:39into a
39:40financial abyss.
39:43With foreign
39:43reserves of
39:44barely $15
39:45billion
39:45and a balance
39:46of payments
39:47crisis looming
39:49all eyes
39:49are now
39:50on the
39:509th of May
39:51meeting
39:52of the
39:52IMF
39:53where its
39:54executive board
39:55will decide
39:55whether
39:56to approve
39:56a crucial
39:57$1.3
39:58billion
39:59tranche
40:00as part
40:00of a
40:01broader
40:01$7
40:02billion
40:03bailout.
40:06Pakistan's
40:06key economic
40:07indicators
40:08continue to
40:08flash red.
40:09Its GDP
40:10growth
40:10is expected
40:11at just
40:122.6%
40:13this year.
40:13Its inflation
40:14is above
40:155%,
40:16hurting
40:16household
40:17budgets.
40:17Its public
40:18debt
40:18is more
40:19than 80%
40:20of the
40:20GDP
40:21and the
40:21Pakistani
40:22rupee
40:22remains under
40:23severe pressure
40:24and imports
40:25continue to
40:26outpace
40:26earnings.
40:28And now
40:29in the
40:29backdrop of
40:30the
40:30Pehlga massacre
40:30India
40:31is pushing
40:32back
40:32diplomatically.
40:33India
40:33has formally
40:34urged the
40:34IMF to
40:35reconsider
40:35funding to
40:36Pakistan
40:37citing risks
40:38that the
40:38funds may be
40:39diverted
40:39or misused.
40:42The
40:42message
40:43aid
40:43without
40:44accountability
40:45may
40:45worsen
40:46regional
40:47instability.
40:49At the
40:50heart of
40:50India's
40:50concern
40:51is
40:51Pakistan's
40:52disproportionate
40:53defence
40:53spending.
40:54In
40:542024-2025
40:56nearly
40:5617.5%
40:58of
40:58Pakistan's
40:59budget
40:59over
41:002 lakh
41:00crore
41:00rupees
41:01was
41:01allocated
41:01to
41:02defence
41:02while
41:03only
41:03a
41:03fraction
41:03went
41:04to
41:04health
41:05and
41:05education.
41:07Pakistan
41:07also
41:07spends
41:08more
41:08on
41:08interest
41:09payments
41:09than
41:10on
41:10development
41:10with
41:11nearly
41:11half
41:12of
41:12its
41:12revenue
41:13consumed
41:13by
41:14debt
41:14servicing.
41:14The
41:16IMF
41:16faces
41:16a
41:17dilemma.
41:17While
41:18it
41:18recognises
41:18Pakistan's
41:19economic
41:19fragility
41:20and
41:20wants
41:21to
41:21avoid
41:21default
41:22there's
41:22rising
41:22pressure
41:23to
41:23ensure
41:23transparency
41:24and
41:25fiscal
41:25discipline.
41:26The
41:269th
41:26May
41:27vote
41:27will
41:27also
41:28consider
41:28whether
41:29Pakistan
41:30has
41:30met
41:31reform
41:31benchmarks
41:32tied
41:32to
41:33energy
41:33pricing
41:34taxation
41:35and
41:35anti-corruption
41:36mechanisms.
41:38For
41:38Pakistan's
41:3924
41:39crore
41:40people
41:40this
41:41isn't
41:41just
41:41about
41:42geopolitics
41:43it
41:43is
41:43about
41:44survival.
41:46A
41:46stalled
41:46IMF
41:47deal
41:47could
41:48send
41:48inflation
41:49soaring
41:49and sink
41:50the
41:50rupee
41:50further
41:51triggering
41:51a
41:51wider
41:52humanitarian
41:52crisis.
41:54But
41:54as
41:54war
41:54clouds
41:55linger
41:55over
41:56the
41:56subcontinent
41:57the
41:57world's
41:57financial
41:58institutions
41:58now
41:59face
41:59a
41:59tough
41:59call.
42:00Can
42:01they
42:01support
42:01Pakistan's
42:02economy
42:02without
42:03funding
42:03instability?
42:07The
42:07IMF
42:08decision
42:08will
42:09not
42:09just
42:09decide
42:10Pakistan's
42:10economic
42:11fate
42:11it
42:12may
42:12shape
42:12South
42:13Asia's
42:13security
42:14calculus
42:14for years
42:15to come.
42:17Bureau
42:18Report
42:18Business
42:19Today
42:19Television
42:20Let's
42:30get you
42:30big
42:30breaking
42:30news
42:31that's
42:31coming
42:31in
42:31from
42:32Delhi
42:32where
42:32the
42:33three
42:33service
42:34chiefs
42:34are
42:34meeting
42:35with
42:35Prime
42:36Minister
42:36Modi.
42:37This
42:37is the
42:38big
42:38breaking
42:38news
42:39that's
42:39coming
42:39in
42:39right
42:40now.
42:40The
42:40meeting
42:41is
42:41happening
42:41at
42:42the
42:42Prime
42:42Minister's
42:43residence
42:43and keeping
42:43in mind
42:44all that's
42:45been happening
42:46along the
42:47border,
42:47you are
42:48essentially
42:49seeing this
42:49meeting perhaps
42:50as a
42:51briefing also
42:52of what's
42:52taking place
42:53right now.
42:54Remember
42:54that the
42:54three
42:54service
42:55chiefs
42:56had met
42:56earlier
42:57with
42:57Defence
42:57Minister
42:58Rajnan
42:58Singh
42:58also with
42:59the Chief
43:00of Defence
43:00Staff.
43:01That
43:01was a
43:02briefing
43:02that took
43:03place
43:03in the
43:03morning.
43:04Now
43:04the
43:05three
43:05service
43:06chiefs
43:06also
43:07meeting
43:08with
43:08Prime
43:09Minister
43:09Modi
43:09and all
43:10that's
43:10been
43:10happening
43:11really
43:11with
43:11Pakistan
43:12and the
43:13conflict,
43:13the strikes
43:14versus the
43:15counter strikes
43:15that have been
43:16taking place.
43:16Our forces
43:17have been doing
43:17a tremendous
43:18job of
43:19repelling,
43:19of thwarting
43:20every attempt
43:21by Pakistan
43:22to target
43:22military
43:23establishments,
43:24to target
43:24civilian
43:25establishments.
43:26all of
43:26that has
43:27been
43:27repelled
43:28and so
43:28now
43:29our
43:29forces
43:30are
43:30also
43:30briefing
43:31the
43:31Prime
43:31Minister
43:31on
43:32exactly
43:32what's
43:33the
43:33situation
43:33currently
43:34and the
43:35next
43:35course
43:35of
43:36action.
43:37Let me
43:37bring in
43:37Aishwarya
43:37Paliwal for
43:38more details
43:39on this.
43:39Aishwarya,
43:40that meeting
43:40currently
43:41underway,
43:41you had
43:42the three
43:42service
43:42chiefs
43:43meeting
43:43with the
43:43Defence
43:44Minister
43:44earlier
43:44and now
43:45with the
43:45Prime
43:45Minister.
43:50Well,
43:50you know,
43:51a very
43:51crucial meeting,
43:52let me tell
43:52you,
43:52Akshita,
43:53that's the
43:53spot where
43:54I'm
43:56Narendra Modi's
43:56house and
43:57what we
43:57are seeing
43:58now,
43:58the chief
43:59of the
44:00three
44:00Defence
44:00Forces,
44:01all of
44:01them have
44:01just
44:01gone
44:02inside,
44:02they will
44:03now tell
44:03Prime
44:03Minister
44:03Narendra Modi
44:04what exactly
44:05has transpired.
44:06In fact,
44:06let me tell
44:06you,
44:07Prime
44:07Minister
44:07Modi
44:07has been
44:08given
44:08every
44:09information
44:09over the
44:10past
44:1024 hours
44:11what
44:11exactly
44:12transpired.
44:13We even
44:13heard
44:13in the
44:14briefing
44:15there,
44:15every
44:16detail
44:16has now
44:16been
44:17given
44:17out,
44:17what
44:17to do
44:18next,
44:18what
44:18all
44:19preparations
44:19need
44:19to be
44:20done
44:20and
44:20Prime
44:21Minister
44:21will
44:21be
44:21told
44:21about
44:22it
44:22by
44:22the
44:22three
44:23chiefs,
44:23all of
44:23them
44:24just
44:24barely
44:24a couple
44:24of
44:25minutes
44:25ago
44:25went
44:26inside.
44:26A very
44:27crucial
44:27meeting
44:27will
44:27take
44:27place
44:28from what
44:28I can
44:28tell you
44:29Akshweta,
44:29the meeting
44:29will go
44:30on for
44:30at least
44:30and our
44:31Prime
44:31Minister
44:31Modi
44:31will
44:31be
44:32briefed
44:32about
44:32what
44:32has
44:33been
44:33done
44:33so
44:34far
44:34and
44:34what
44:34next
44:35needs
44:35to be
44:36done,
44:36the
44:36kind
44:36of
44:36preparation
44:37that
44:37we
44:37will
44:37see,
44:37the
44:38chart
44:38for
44:38that
44:38the
44:39planning
44:39for
44:39that
44:39will
44:39be
44:40done
44:40in
44:40the
44:40next
44:40one
44:41hour.
44:41Okay,
44:41we'll
44:41track
44:42all the
44:42big
44:42takeaways
44:43of
44:43that
44:43particular
44:44meeting
44:44but so
44:44far
44:44the
44:44message
44:45from
44:45the
44:45government
44:45and
44:45the
44:46Prime
44:46Minister
44:46has
44:47been
44:47full
44:47freedom
44:47to
44:48our
44:48forces
44:48to
44:49retaliate
44:49in
44:50the
44:50manner
44:50they
44:50didn't
44:50fit
44:51when
44:51where
44:51how
44:52all
44:52of
44:52that
44:52full
44:53freedom
44:53to
44:53our
44:54forces
44:54will
44:54track
44:54that
44:55very
44:55closely
44:55let's
44:55cut
44:55across
44:56to
44:56more
44:56breaking
44:57news
44:57coming
44:57in
44:57another
45:05day
45:05that
45:06Pakistan
45:06again
45:07has
45:07resorted
45:08to
45:08ceasefire
45:08violations
45:09opening
45:09fire
45:10along
45:10the
45:11LOC
45:11and
45:11once
45:12again
45:12it's
45:12the
45:13worst
45:13hit
45:13area
45:13of
45:14Poonch
45:14that
45:15is
45:15seeing
45:15heavy
45:15shelling
45:16being
45:16reported
45:17by the
45:17Pakistan
45:18army
45:18we
45:19also
45:19understand
45:20in
45:20Uri
45:20is
45:21where
45:21we're
45:21seeing
45:22ceasefire
45:22violations
45:23being
45:23reported
45:24and
45:25at
45:25this
45:25point
45:26remember
45:26in
45:27Uri
45:27and
45:27Pooch
45:28where
45:28the
45:28civilian
45:28settlements
45:29are
45:29is
45:30where
45:30we're
45:30seeing
45:30maximum
45:31shelling
45:31by the
45:32Pakistan
45:32army
45:33they
45:33intend
45:34to
45:34target
45:35civilian
45:35settlements
45:36they
45:36want
45:36to
45:36target
45:37innocents
45:37and
45:38we've
45:38been
45:38seeing
45:38this
45:38since
45:39April
45:4022nd
45:40since
45:41the
45:41Pehal
45:41Gham
45:42terror
45:42attack
45:43we'll
45:43get
45:43you
45:44a
45:44report
45:44also
45:45right
45:45now
45:45what's
45:46the
45:46situation
45:46there
45:47but
45:47heavy
45:47shelling
45:48has
45:48already
45:49begun
45:49with
45:50Pakistan
45:50resorting
45:51to
45:51ceasefire
45:51violations
45:52this
45:52has been
45:53essentially
45:53what they've
45:53been doing
45:54for the
45:54last
45:55many
45:55weeks
45:55and
45:55unfortunately
45:56as a
45:56result
45:57of them
45:58firing
45:58and also
45:59resorting
46:00to
46:00shelling
46:00in
46:01villages
46:01in
46:02Poonch
46:02and
46:02Uri
46:03along
46:03the
46:03LOC
46:04we've
46:04been
46:05seeing
46:05maximum
46:06civilian
46:06casualties
46:07the
46:07death toll
46:08at 15
46:08plus
46:09now
46:09just
46:10from
46:10the
46:10last
46:11few
46:11weeks
46:12there
46:12are
46:12children
46:13senior
46:14citizens
46:14all of
46:15whom
46:15have
46:15been
46:15affected
46:16there
46:16are
46:16many
46:16pockets
46:17here
46:17along
46:17the
46:18LOC
46:18where
46:19our
46:19forces
46:19have
46:20also
46:20ensured
46:20full
46:20evacuation
46:21because
46:22it's
46:22no
46:22longer
46:22safe
46:23for
46:23these
46:23civilians
46:24to be
46:24based
46:25in
46:25these
46:25areas
46:26with
46:26Pakistan
46:26clearly
46:27doing
46:27whatever
46:27it
46:27takes
46:28to
46:28target
46:29civilians
46:29along
46:30the
46:31entire
46:31border
46:32so
46:32while
46:33we
46:33are
46:33reporting
46:33right
46:34now
46:34on
46:34the
46:35situation
46:36along
46:36the
46:37line
46:37of
46:37control
46:38we
46:38can
46:38confirm
46:39for
46:39you
46:39that
46:39heavy
46:40shelling
46:40has
46:40been
46:41reported
46:41in
46:41Uri
46:42now
46:46every
46:46single
46:47day
46:47we've
46:47been
46:47seeing
46:48these
46:48kind
46:48of
46:48provocations
46:49by
46:49Pakistan
46:50the
46:50Pakistan
46:50army
46:51resorting
46:51to
46:52shelling
46:52as
46:52soon
46:52as
46:53the
46:53sun
46:53goes
46:54down
46:54and
46:54now
46:55in
46:55Uri
46:55there's
46:55been
46:56confirmation
46:56that
46:57there's
46:57been
46:58shelling
46:58being
46:58reported
46:59in
46:59this
46:59entire
47:00stretch
47:01as
47:01well
47:01in
47:01the
47:02villages
47:03in
47:03Uri
47:04particularly
47:35sensitive
47:35time
47:35we
47:36can't
47:36be
47:36playing
47:37cricket
47:37more
47:38details
47:38coming
47:38up
47:38I
47:40I
47:40I
47:41I
47:41I can't believe that the IPL has been established for a single step.
47:48After that, we have to take care of our stakeholders,
47:56who are stakeholders, franchising and broadcasters,
48:02and all the new schedule.
48:05At this time, the IPL was going well,
48:08I have seen the press release of the 7 days, but the BCCI will definitely complete it.
48:26In COVID-19, when there was so many problems, the IPL was also completed.
48:34The BCCI is so efficient that we must complete it.
48:38There will be 7 days break.
48:40There will be 7 days extend.
48:42We all know in the time of COVID-19.
48:45You see the emergency situation.
48:47How can you tackle this?
48:49What would you like to do with COVID-19?
48:51It could not be in COVID-19.
48:53It could not be in COVID-19.
48:57It could not be in COVID-19.
48:59It could not be in the Indian government ministry.
49:04The BCCI will work from all of that.
49:13And meanwhile, in another massive setback for Pakistan,
49:16remember that the PSL was called off
49:19because of the conflict between India and Pakistan.
49:22But they wanted to actually shift this out of Pakistan and to UAE.
49:26What we're hearing from our sources is that the UAE is likely to reject Pakistan's plea to host the PSL there.
49:32Pakistan had sought that Dubai be the venue for PSL.
49:35But sources telling us that the UAE is likely to shut the door on the Pakistan cricket board's plan of hosting PSL in Dubai.
49:43Another setback for Pakistan that really shows you what their standing is right now in the world order.
49:49The fact that UAE has also chosen to dismiss their plea for the PSL to be held in Dubai.
49:55That's all we have time for in this edition of Super 6.
50:01of Super 6 on the other side.