Operation Sindoor: Pak army personnel attend funeral of terrorists killed in strikes

In an open support to terrorism, Pakistan army personnel attended the funeral of three terrorists killed in the Indian military strikes along with members of Hafiz Saeed's banned organisation, Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) on Wednesday. The three terrorist were killed as India launched precise strike on terror group's headquarters in Muridke, some 40 km from Lahore, as part of Operation Sindoor.The funeral prayer for the terrorist, Qari Abdul Malik, Khalid and Mudassir, was held in Muridke amid high security, news agency PTI reported.The funeral was also attended by members of the civil bureaucracy.The funeral prayer was led by Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist.The open funeral for terrorists amid heavy presence of Pakistan police and army personnel further indicate Pakistan government's open support for the terrorist organisations.In a 25-minute precision operation early Wednesday, Indian armed forces destroyed nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including facilities linked to Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The strike was "measured" and "non-escalatory," and came in direct retaliation to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the decision to carry out the "proportionate" strikes was driven by Pakistan’s failure to take any visible action against terrorist infrastructure operating from territories under its control. He emphasised that India’s response aligned with the UN Security Council's call to hold the perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of the Pahalgam attack accountable.Under Operation Sindoor, Indian forces targeted key terrorist hubs, including the Markaz Taiba of LeT in Muridke, Markaz Subhan Allah of JeM in Bahawalpur, the Mehmoona Joya Facility of Hizbul Mujahideen in Sialkot, and LeT bases in Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala and Shawai Nalla in Muzaffarabad, according to military officials.The strikes were executed between 1.05 am and 1.30 am, with all targets successfully neutralised. Detailing the operation at a media briefing, Colonel Sophia Qureshi of the Army’s Corps of Signals and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, a helicopter pilot with the Indian Air Force, confirmed the successful execution alongside Misri.About 15 minutes after the operation concluded, the ministry of defence issued a statement: “A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where attacks against India have been planned and directed.”The ministry stressed that the strikes were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature” and confirmed that “no Pakistani military facilities were targeted.” It added that India had exercised “considerable restraint in the selection of targets and method of execution.”Military sources noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was closely monitoring Operation Sindoor. Following the operation, he convened a meeting of the Union Cabinet and lauded the Indian armed forces for the successful and precise strikes.