Pakistan says it has intelligence of planned Indian attack
UN Security Council told of Pakistan's concerns
Karachi — Pakistan has “reliable intelligence” that India will attack again in April, foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, as tension over a February standoff between the two nuclear-armed neighbours had appeared to ease. The attack could take place between April 16 and 20, he said, adding that Pakistan had told the five permanent members of the UN Security Council of its concerns. A suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on February 14 and the risk of conflict rose dramatically on February 27, when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base. The following day Pakistan shot down an Indian fighter jet and captured its pilot who was later released. “We have reliable intelligence that India is planning a new attack on Pakistan. As per our information this could take place between April 16 and 20,” Qureshi said. He did not elaborate on what evidence Pakistan had or ...
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