The Minister of Pakistan Information Attaullah Tarar rejected the previous Indian accusations of Pakistani attacks Like “without foundation and deceptive” and said that Pakistan had carried out any “offensive action”.
In Pakistani cashmere, officials said that heavy bombings on the other side of the border killed five civiliansIncluding an infant and injured 29 others at the beginning of Friday.
The Ministry of Defense of India did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
Fighting has been the deadliest since a limited conflict between the two countries in the Kargil cashmere region in 1999.
India orders X to block thousands of accounts
Meanwhile, the social platform X in a statement said Thursday that the Indian government had ordered it Block users in the country to access more than 8,000 accountsIncluding a number of “international press organizations and other eminent users”.
The social platform did not publish the list of accounts it blocked in India, but said that the order “is equivalent to the censorship of the existing and future content, and is contrary to the fundamental right of freedom of expression”. Later, X briefly blocked access to the global affairs account from which she had published the Declaration, also citing a legal request from India.
The crisis disrupts schools, sports and travel
The biggest interior cricket tournament in India, the Indian Premier League, which attracts the best players from around the world, was suspended for a week. Pakistan has also moved its own inner tournament to the United Arab Emirates due to tensions.
Panic also spread during an evening cricket match in Northern Dharamsala CityWhere a crowd of more than 10,000 people had to be evacuated from the stadium and the canceled game, according to an associated press photographer covering the event.
Meanwhile, several states in the north and west of the Indians, including Punjab, Rajasthan, the cashmere controlled by India, closed schools and other educational establishments for two days.
Airlines in India also suspended the flight operations of two dozen airports in the northern and west regions. The India Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday confirmed in a statement on Thursday that the temporary closure of 24 airports.