The Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army (ISPR) has said that 11 soldiers and 40 civilians of the armed forces were martyred during the Battle of Haq against India.
According to sources, the ISPR said that 11 soldiers were martyred while defending the battle of Haq and the homeland, while 78 personnel were injured while responding to Indian aggression.
According to the ISPR, those who were martyred in the Indian attacks include Squadron Leader Usman Yousuf of the Pakistan Air Force, Chief Technician Aurangzeb, Senior Technician Najeeb, Corporal Technician Farooq and Senior Technician Mubashir.
According to the ISPR, Naik Abdul Rehman, Lance Naik Dilawar Khan, Lance Naik Ikramullah, Naik Waqar Khalid, Sepoy Muhammad Adeel Akbar and Sepoy Nisar also lost their lives in the Indian attacks.
According to the ISPR, the Indian army launched unprovoked attacks on May 6 and 7. 40 civilians were martyred in the Indian attacks, including 7 women and 15 children, while 121 innocent civilians were injured in the attacks.
The statement said that innocent civilians, including women, children and the elderly, were targeted in the attacks. 10 women and 27 children were among the injured. In response to the serious aggression, the Pakistani forces responded forcefully under the banner of the fight for truth. Accurate and significant counterattacks were carried out through Operation ‘Banyan Marsus’.
According to the ISPR, the great sacrifice and unwavering patriotism of the martyrs is an eternal symbol. The sacrifice of the martyrs will always be remembered. The nation is determined in the face of aggression.
The ISPR says that there should be no ambiguity that any attempt to challenge Pakistan’s sovereignty or territorial integrity will be met with a strong and decisive response.
It should be recalled that after the Pahalgam incident on April 22, 2025, India had started blaming Pakistan, after which the frosty relations between the two countries became tense.
India announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and restricted Pakistani diplomatic staff, while canceling the visas of Pakistanis in India and sending back all Pakistanis, including children, who were going for medical treatment.
In response, Pakistan termed the illegal suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as a declaration of war, restricted Indian diplomatic staff, cancelled the visas of all Indians except Sikh pilgrims, while canceling all trade with India and closing the airspace for Indian flights.
Later, India launched missile attacks on six locations including Kotli, Bahawalpur, Muridke, Bagh and Muzaffarabad on the night of February 6-7, killing 26 civilians and injuring 46. In response, Pakistan took immediate defensive action and shot down five Indian warplanes, including three Rafale jets.
India targeted three Pakistani airbases with missiles and drones on the night of February 10, after which Pakistan launched ‘Operation Banyan Marsus’ (Iron Wall) in response to Indian aggression in the early hours of the morning and destroyed several targets in India, including Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur airbases and several airfields, as well as the Brahmos storage site and the S-400 missile defense system.
Security sources had said that the targets were targeted from the airbases from which the people and mosques of Pakistan were targeted.
According to security sources, Operation ‘Banyan Marsus’ was launched against the enemy at dawn and Fateh-1 missiles were fired at India.
Similarly, the Brahmos storage site in the Beas area was destroyed by Pakistani missiles, while the Pakistan Army also destroyed the airfield in Pathankot, and the training centers of the Indian Military Intelligence, which was involved in terrorism in Pakistan, were also destroyed in Rajouri and Nowshera.
