Pakistan Protests Erupts After India Airstrike

Protests erupted across several cities of Pakistan where protesters chanted slogans such as “down with India” and carried placards criticising Modi.

In the city of Sindh, some demonstrators burned an Indian flag.

In Karachi, Abdul Rehman, a student, said: “We are protesting against Indian aggression, they killed our civilians in the cities and our armed forces had shot down their five jets. We are backing our army and we will retaliate against every act of India.”

Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, has vowed that India will pay for “every last drop of blood” spilt in Tuesday night’s attacks. “Maybe they were thinking we would step back, but they forgot this is a nation of the brave,” he said in a televised address.

He said the Pakistani military “destroyed the planes of our attackers and enemies”, adding: “Our jets created such a storm in the sky that the enemy screamed.”