The Prime Minister says he will convene Parliament and meet with those controlling the country's nuclear arsenal in response India's air strike on north-eastern Pakistan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will stage an emergency parliamentary session and meet with the body in control of Islamabad's nuclear arsenal in response to India's first air strikes on Pakistan since 1971.India said the strike was in response to a terrorist attack that killed 44 Indian police
The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars since partition in 1947, and the majority of them have been over Kashmir — a territory both India and Pakistan claim in full. India said its air force jets hit a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed , the militant group that claimed credit for a February 14 suicide bombing attack thatIndian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said"a very large number" of militants were killed in the strikes in northeast Pakistan, which were launched as a result of government intelligence that JeM was planning more attacks
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