Pakistan claims that “reliable intelligence” India plans an immediate war strike

Pakistan’s information minister says the country has “reliable intelligence” that India intends to start a war strike within the next 24 to 36 hours.

AttAullah Tarar comments come after India accused Pakistan of supporting fighters behind an attack in India -administered Kashmir killed 26 tourists last week. Islamabad rejects the allegations.

Tarar said India intends to use the attack as a “fake pretext” for strike and “any such military adventure from India will be reacted for sure and decisively.”

The BBC contacted the Indian Foreign Ministry for comment.

The attack near the tourist city of Pahalgha was the most deadly attack on civilians for two decades in the disputed territory. Both India and Pakistan claim to the region and have waged two wars for it.

In recent days, troops on both sides have been trading in periodic fire with small weapons across the border.

There is speculation about whether India will react with military strikes against Pakistan, as it did after deadly belligerent attacks in 2019 and 2016.

Authorities said last week that they had carried out extensive searches in India -administered Kashmir, holding more than 1,500 people for questioning. More people have been detained since then, although the numbers are unclear.

Authorities have knocked the houses of at least 10 alleged fightersS It is reported that at least one is related to a suspect indicated in the shooting.

Kashmir, for which India and Pakistan claim fully, but only administer in part, is a flash between the two countries with nuclear weapons, as they were divided in 1947.

The Kashmir administered by India has observed an armed uprising against the 1989 Indian government, with fighters aimed at security forces and civilians.

India did not indicate any group that suspects that she had carried out the attack in Pahalg and remains unclear who did it. A little -known group called a resistance front, which was initially reported to have claimed to have carried out the firing, issued a statement denying her participation. The front is reported to be linked to Lashkar-E-Taiba, a belligerent group based in Pakistan.

Indian police have indicated three of four suspects. They said two were Pakistani citizens and a local man from the Kashmir Indians administration. There is no information about the fourth person.

Many survivors said that the artillerymen are specifically targeted at Hindu men.

The attack has caused widespread anger in India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly saying that the country will hunt the suspect “to the ends of the earth” and that those who have planned and exported “will be punished beyond their imagination.”