Pakistan missile misfires became routine
Live Events
(You can now subscribe to our
(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel
New Delhi: A major disaster was averted on Saturday when a missile fired by Pakistan Army missed its intended target and landed near a Gurudwara in a civilian-populated area of Jammu and Kashmir.No one was injured in the blast that shattered window panes and caused panic among the Sikh community. Officials said the missile could have caused mass casualties had it struck during prayer hours."This isn't an isolated case. Pakistan's missile system has a long record of poor targeting and guidance failure," said an official.Earlier on Saturday, a Pakistani missile was intercepted over Haryana's Sirsa. "Fateh-1 missile has proven to be a complete disaster. It has failed multiple times-crashing, veering off course, or simply failing to launch," the official said.The missile's failure highlights the sham of Pakistan's so-called indigenous capability, as per officials.Pakistan targeted 26 locations in India on Friday, using Chinese SH-15 artillery, Turkish drones and Fatah-2 missiles, along with F-16 and JF-17 aircraft, officials said.Meanwhile, the Border Security Force on Saturday said it has "completely destroyed" a terrorist launchpad opposite Akhnoor in Jammu in response to unprovoked firing from the other side of the international border.The base was located at Looni in Pakistan's Sialkot district, a BSF spokesperson said. This came after Pakistan initiated "unprovoked" firing on BSF posts in Jammu sector from 9 pm on Friday. The BSF responded in a commensurate manner, causing widespread damage to the posts and assets of Pakistan Rangers, the spokesperson said.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
29 minutes ago
- Time of India
No decision taken to scrap bilateral deals with India: Pakistan's Foreign Minister
(You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Islamabad: No decision has yet been taken to scrap bilateral agreements with India, Pakistan's foreign ministry said a day after defence minister Khawaja Asif claimed that the 1972 Simla Agreement had lost its sanctity, according to a media India's punitive measures against Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack , Pakistan had only threatened to terminate the Simla agreement. But there was no subsequent move to cancel the historic pact. A senior Foreign Office official told the Express Tribune newspaper that while India's recent actions and statements prompted internal discussions, Pakistan had made no formal or conclusive move to annul any of its bilateral accords with New Delhi."At present, there is no formal decision to terminate any bilateral accord," the official stated, indicating that the existing bilateral agreements, including the Simla Agreement, remain in clarification came a day after defence minister Khawaja Asif, during an interview with a private television channel, said the Simla Agreement had lost its relevance and validity due to India's recent " unilateral actions ". "The Simla Agreement is now a dead document. We are back to the 1948 position, when the United Nations declared the Line of Control a ceasefire line following the ceasefire and resolutions," Asif said.
Time of India
30 minutes ago
- Time of India
India, Central Asia to expand counter-terror, security ties
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel India and Central Asian states on Thursday decided to widen counter-terror, trade and connectivity initiatives as external affairs minister S Jaishankar met Central Asian ministers here on the eve of the third India-Central Asia bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, there were detailed discussions on expanding security cooperation in the backdrop of Pahalgam terror attacks, besides boosting trade ties and connectivity Asian states of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have been facing increasing threats from cross-border terror infrastructure in the Af-Pak addressing the India-Central Asia Business Council, Jaishankar said: "There is a need to diversify our trade baskets so that all of us have more options and we have more competition and in a way we are looking for new opportunities and I would like our friends from Central Asian economies to appreciate that an economy today which is in excess of $4 trillion dollars, which is growing at 6-8% annually, it will create new demands for products, for services...""I would certainly steps we could take to facilitate mutual settlement of trade in our national currencies," the minister said.
India Today
36 minutes ago
- India Today
Pak wants to destabilise not only South Asia but whole region: Asaduddin Owaisi
In an exclusive interview with India Today TV's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Pakistan wants to destabilise not only South Asia but the whole region. Owaisi, who returned from an all-party delegation to four Middle Eastern countries, shared his big takeaways from Op Sindoor outreach. Asaduddin Owaisi said, "Each of the four countries which we have gone to, they have condemned the Pahalgam attack." On being asked are they willing to outrightly condemn the Pakistani army state? He said, "Well, you see, some countries were definitely not happy with what Pakistan is indulging in."
