Indian missile strike targeted six locations, including Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad, on Tuesday night, resulting in the martyrdom 26 people, ISPR Lieutenant General reported.

The two armies exchanged intense shelling and firing at various points across their de-facto border in Kashmir.

Pakistan has called a “blatant act of war” as tensions escalate between the nuclear-armed arch rivals.

Pakistan implemented heightened security measures and suspended flight operations at several major airports early Wednesday after Indian airstrikes were carried out on its territory.