Pak MP admits to India targeting Jaish chief Masood Azhar under Op Sindoor

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar was targeted in the precision strikes carried out by India under Operation Sindoor, Pakistan MP Malik Muhammad Iqbal admitted in the national assembly, a section of the Pakistan media reported on Thursday.

In response to the deadly Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, India launched precision strikes on nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Op Sindoor on Wednesday.

Talking about the operation in the Assembly the Pakistani MP reportedly said, “India attacked Bahawalpur, targeted a mosque and a madrasa, and attacked Maulana Masood Azhar. If the country is in danger then we are all together.”

On Wednesday, Masood Azhar reportedly said that as many as 10 members of his family and four aides were killed in Indian strikes in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur.

Those killed include Azhar’s elder sister and her husband, his nephew and his wife, another niece and five children of his family, BBC Urdu reported, citing a statement by the JeM chief. A close aide of Azhar and his mother, and two other close associates were also killed in the Indian strikes.

Nine targets– Sawai Nalla, Sarjal, Muridke, Kotli, Kotli Gulpur, Mehmoona Joya, Bhimber and Bahawalpur – in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were carefully chosen and targeted by India.

According to sources, over 100 terrorists have been killed as part of India’s most expansive operation in recent years. While Pakistan has claimed deaths of some civilians in the strikes, India maintains that no civilians or military bases were targeted in Pakistan.

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