'Allegation of Pak's Neelum Jhelum dam being attacked a blatant lie, India targeted only terror infra'

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday (May 8) rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Indian forces had targeted the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project in early Wednesday strikes under Operation Sindoor .

Misri dismissed Pakistan’s claim as a “blatant lie” and added India has only struck “terrorist infrastructure”.

“India has targeted only and only terrorist infrastructure, and the details of that infrastructure, along with the precise locations, were shared yesterday,” he said.

He then warned, “If this kind of a claim is a pretext of targeting Indian infrastructure of similar nature, then Pakistan will be solely responsible for the consequences that will undoubtedly follow.”

Earlier, Pakistan military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry had claimed that Indian strikes had damaged a part of the hydropower project in Pakistan.

“What international norms and war laws and customs allow this — that you target water reserves, dams and hydro power structures of another country?” he said, without providing any evidence.

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This follows India’s targeting of terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after the deadly attack on civilians in Pahalgam on April 22nd.

The government stated that the attacks, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, targeted terrorist infrastructure at nine locations: Sawai Nalla, Sarjal, Muridke, Kotli, Kotli Gulpur, Mehmoona Joya, Bhimber, and Bahawalpur, all situated in Pakistan and POK.