Overview
- Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said his Military Secretary urged him to move to a bunker during the May crisis and that he refused, declaring, "Leaders don't die in bunkers."
- He claimed Pakistan delivered a "befitting reply" and issued a rhetorical response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s earlier warning following the confrontation.
- A clip of Zardari’s remarks was posted on social media by Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch, giving the comments fresh circulation.
- Reports describe India’s Operation Sindoor as retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, with strikes on nine terror camps and subsequent precision attacks on Pakistani air bases including Nur Khan and Rahim Yar Khan.
- Hostilities subsided after Pakistan’s DGMO proposed a ceasefire that India accepted, a contact later confirmed by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.