Operation Sindoor is a series of missile attacks by Indian armed forces on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK in the early hours of 7 May 2025 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Between 1:05 AM and 1:30 AM on 7 May, 2025, Indian armed forces struck 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Pok). This included the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur. In a statement, the Indian government said its actions were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature” and that “no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted”.
Underlining the Pakistan link to the Pahalgam attack, the statement said India is “living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable”.
Pakistan reacted to the precision strikes by sending in drone swarms into Indian border states, and launching missiles on military and civilian infrastructure in India. Indian armed forces responded by striking airbases in Pakistan. On 10 May, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) called his Indian counterpart and the two agreed on an understanding to cease all military hostilities starting 5 pm that day.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the Director General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), is the son of Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, who is designated as a terrorist by the United Nations Security Council’s al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. Mahmood, a former nuclear scientist, was sanctioned in December 2001 for his ties to al-Qaida and the Taliban, specifically for providing information about nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons to Osama bin Laden through his organization, Ummah Tameer-e-Nau (UTN). The UN listing cites his meetings with bin Laden and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan, where he discussed weapons technology, raising concerns about nuclear proliferation.
Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry happens to be the spokesman for the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). While his father happens to be an UN designated terrorist.
Am sure The Economist journalist never bothered to ask Chaudhry about his father and the kind of upbringing he has had.
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