Maya Winters
Pakistan publicly vows revenge for India’s air strikes, but signals willingness to de-escalate
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a defiant response to Wednesday’s Indian air campaign, pledging to “avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs” in a televised address on state broadcaster PTV. Sharif condemned the strikes on Punjab and Pakistan-administered Kashmir as “reckless aggression” and warned New Delhi that “this is a nation of brave people” that would not back down in the face of civilian casualties.
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