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Operation Sindoor: Manoj Naravane, who served as 28th Chief of Army Staff in 2019-2022, gave a big hint about the ongoing confrontation between India and Pakistan on social media platform X, saying "abhi picture baki hai" (grossly translated as - more to come). His cryptic X post comes hours after the Indian armed forces conducted precision strikes on nine terror headquarters in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in pre-dawn operation on Wednesday.

Abhi picture baki hai…

People are considering his tweet as a prediction for military action against Pakistan-backed terror groups.

Ready To 'Wrap' Tensions: Pakistan

However, the Pakistan government said that it is ready to "wrap up" tensions with India, if New Delhi de-escalates the situation.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that Pakistan does not want to escalate the tention. His remarks came hours after India carried out a military strike on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Asif was reported as saying by Bloomberg Television that Pakistan will only respond if attacked.

"We have been saying all along in the last fortnight that we’ll never initiate anything hostile towards India. But if we're attacked, we'll respond. If India backs down, we will definitely wrap up this tension," he said.

Indian military carried out "measured, non-escalatory" strike: Misri

Indian military carried out a "measured, non-escalatory, proportionate, and responsible" strike to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan to "deter and to pre-empt" any further terrorist strikes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, hours after India retaliated the Pahalgam attack.

Addressing a packed press conference here, Misri said it was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the April 22 attack be brought to justice as there was "no demonstrable" step from Islamabad to take action against the terror infrastructure on its territory or on territory under its control.

"Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan-based terrorist modules indicated that further attacks against India were impending," he said at the briefing, which was also addressed by Col. Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

(With agency inputs)

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