Shehbaz Sharif Admits India’s BrahMos Strikes Foiled Pakistan’s Planned Attack

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif admitted that India’s BrahMos missile strikes preemptively blocked a planned Pakistani military attack on May 10. Despite setbacks, Pakistan praised its military’s counter-effort but urged fresh talks with India. Meanwhile, India remains firm that dialogue is impossible alongside terrorism, following its Operation Sindoor response.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has openly admitted that India’s BrahMos missile strikes disrupted Pakistan’s planned military offensive on May 9–10. Speaking at a summit in Azerbaijan, Sharif detailed how Pakistan’s armed forces, under Field Marshal Asim Munir, were preparing to strike India at dawn on May 10. However, Indian missile attacks preemptively hit key Pakistani targets, including the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, halting their plans.

Sharif explained that after India’s Operation Sindoor began on May 7, Pakistan intended to retaliate through a well-coordinated attack dubbed Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos. But before Pakistan’s offensive could be launched, Indian BrahMos missiles struck airports, airbases, and military facilities across multiple Pakistani provinces. This forced Pakistan to recalibrate its response, and despite facing setbacks, the government elevated Asim Munir to Field Marshal for leading the counter-efforts.

Earlier, Sharif had revealed that on the night of May 9, Asim Munir called him over a secure line, reporting the missile strikes. Sharif has since praised Pakistan’s military for mounting a strong reply but has simultaneously called for resuming diplomatic talks with India, stating that Pakistan seeks peaceful solutions to longstanding disputes like Kashmir and water-sharing.

India, however, has maintained a firm stance, insisting that dialogue cannot proceed while terrorism continues. The Indian government emphasized that “talks and terrorism cannot go together,” underscoring the hardened relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Operation Sindoor was India’s response to a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, which killed 26 people. Indian officials reported that the operation destroyed nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing over 100 militants and sparking four days of intense cross-border clashes. A ceasefire was reached on May 10, halting the most recent round of hostilities.