PM Modi approves big action against Pakistan over Pahalgam strike | Here’s what happens now

Published on Apr 30, 2025 02:13 pm IST

A Pakistan minister has said that there is credible evidence that India is planning a military strike within 36 hours. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a crucial meeting on Tuesday, conveyed that the armed forces have full operational freedom to determine the mode, targets, and timing of India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack. During a high-level security meeting, PM Modi reaffirmed, “It is our national resolve to deliver a crushing blow to terrorism.” In this episode of Point Blank, Hindustan Times Executive Editor Shishir Gupta decodes what this means for Pakistan and what will happen next.

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