Overview

• India conducted precision strikes on nine terror-linked facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 2–3, following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians.
• Pakistan's National Security Committee has authorized its armed forces to take retaliatory actions under Article 51 of the UN Charter, claiming a right to self-defence.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned India's strikes as acts of aggression and violations of Pakistan's sovereignty, calling them 'heinous' and 'unprovoked.'
• Pakistan Army artillery shelling along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir has intensified, resulting in 10 civilian deaths and 41 injuries as of May 7.
• India maintains its strikes were focused and non-escalatory, targeting terror groups it holds responsible for the Pahalgam attack, while Pakistan has called for an independent investigation.