Pakistan signals potential retaliation for India air strikes

Demonstrators attend a protest, in response to India's military strikes against Pakistan, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Pakistan said it reserves the right to retaliate after India launched targeted strikes, signaling a potential further escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals following last month’s deadly Kashmir attacks. - Photo: Bloomberg

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it reserves the right to retaliate after India launched targeted strikes, signaling a potential further escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals following last month’s deadly Kashmir attacks.

Just hours after India hit nine targets in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office said in a statement that the country "reserves the right to respond, in self-defense, at a time, place, and manner of its choosing.”