 "Panic in Pakistan after Operation Sindoor: Govt handle posts loan plea on X, later blames it on hackers")
Has Pakistan been pleading for a loan from its international partners? A post on X that has since been deleted suggests that Islamabad sent a word of appeal to the international community asking for “more loans” after the country suffered “heavy losses” as a result of India’s retaliatory actions.
The post was made from the Economic Affairs Division of the Pakistani government’s official X account. It said, “Govt of Pakistan appeals to International Partners for more loans after heavy losses inflected by enemy. Amid escalating war and stocks crash, we urge international partners to help de-escalate. Nation urged to remain steadfast.”
Pakistan launched an offensive along the international border on Thursday evening. The country initiated a series of air attacks targeting military installations and border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The Ministry of Defence has said that the Pakistani airstrikes involved the deployment of conventional air-to-ground missiles, kamikaze drones and unmanned aerial systems. The Indian Army said that India thwarted Islamabad’s drone attacks, and a “befitting reply was given to the ceasefire violations.”
Pak says account ‘hacked’
Meanwhile, the Pakistani government has said that the official account was “hacked”. Reuters also reported that Pakistan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said it did not tweet" the post on X and claimed that their “X account has been hacked".
Pak’s stocks tumble
Pakistan had one of its worst days on Thursday as the nation suffered the worst single-day decline as markets fell by over to 6,000 points .
The Pakistan Stock Exchange suspended trading for an hour yesterday after its benchmark index plummeted by 7.2 per cent, following Indian strikes on military targets in Lahore.
India to urge IMF to exercise caution on Pak bailout package
A day ahead of a crucial meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, India on Thursday hinted that it could communicate its view to the global financial body on its bailout package for Pakistan.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India’s executive director at the IMF will put forward the country’s position during the meeting of the board of the global body on Friday.
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More Shorts“I’m sure that our executive director will put forward India’s position,” he said at a media briefing.
“The decisions of the board are a different matter…But I think the case with regard to Pakistan should be self-evident to those people who generously open their pockets to bail out this country,” he said.
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