Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has admitted that he was advised to take shelter in a bunker during India’s Operation Sindoor strikes in May early this year, highlighting the fear Indian armed forces instilled in the country’s top leadership.
Addressing an event on Saturday, Zardari said that when Indian armed forces began their retaliatory strikes on Pakistan, his Military Secretary advised him to move to a bunker for safety.
“My MS (Military Secretary) was there. He came to me and said, ‘Sir, the war has started.’ I had actually told him four days earlier that a war was going to happen. But he came to me and said, ‘Sir, let’s go to the bunkers’,” Zardari said.
India launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack by Pakiatan-backed terrorist on April 22.
As part of the operation, India launched precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK.
After India’s operation, Pakistan took launched drone and missile attacks on India, targeting civilians and religious sites but strong defence capabilities neutralised most of those attacks.
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In response, India inflicted significant damage on Pakistan’s military infrastructure, ravaging radar facilities in Lahore and Gurjanwala.
As India warned even stronger response, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) reached out to their Indian counterparts and proposed a ceasefire agreement, which India accepted.