Soon after reports emerged, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the strikes, saying that India had carried out the attacks from within its airspace.
The strikes come as tensions have been escalating intensely between the two countries in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
“Here, there were four strikes and five innocent Pakistanis were slain, including a three-year-old girl.
There were seven impacts, in which one girl has been injured and a mosque was destroyed,” the DG ISPR said.
The DG ISPR said that the “unprovoked, cowardly attack” will be met with a befitting response.
A statement by state broadcaster PTV News, quoting security sources, said: “Pakistani forces are giving a befitting reply to Indian aggression.
Header image: The wreckage of a mosque is seen after Indian strikes in Muzaffarabad, AJK on May 7, 2025. »