India was supposed to hold nationwide war preparedness drills on Wednesday. The sirens, however, wailed throughout Pakistan on Tuesday night—from Muzaffarabad to Bahawalpur, and from Rawalpindi to Muridke. On target were Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, the madrasas they use for indoctrination, and the infrastructure they use to train terrorists. India specifically chose to target the nerve centres of terrorism in Pakistan. In a major show of force, for example, India has successfully targeted the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters in Bahawalpur.

India conducted precision airstrikes across nine terror targets in Pakistan. Importantly, India made it clear that no Pakistani military installations were targeted—just the nerve centres of terrorism that had fuelled cross-border bloodshed for decades. The strikes were carried out without violating Pakistani airspace, showcasing not only technological precision but also strategic restraint.

Pakistan, however, is promising to hit back. This time, the radical Generals cannot lie to the public and claim Indian strikes never took place. The fact is, India’s attack on terror targets across Pakistan is now on tape. It woke the Pakistani awaam from their sleep. It reverberated........

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