INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSION - 15.05.2025 | Situation Tension

After both countries agreed to a ceasefire, no attacks or confrontations have been reported between conflict-related parties so far. However, both governments have intensified a postwar propaganda campaign to garner public support, intending to ensure their political durability. 

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• A Tiranga Yatra was taken out in Patna, Bihar State, to express unwavering support to the Indian Armed Forces
• An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Constable was repatriated by Pakistan.  
• Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to play his role for the just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
• Casualty since India launched missiles on 07.05.2025:

# India - deaths 18, including 5 soldiers/ injured 46

# Pakistan -  deaths 51, including 11 military personnel / injured 121, of whom 78 were Pakistani armed forces.

1.  The Indian State Media reported on 14.05.2025 that India successfully destroyed nine major terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), targeting Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen facilities. Over 100 terrorists were killed in action.

• Operation SINDOOR drew a new red line- if terror is state policy, it will be met with a visible and forceful response. This marked a shift from deterrence to direct action
• India rejected the artificial separation between terrorists and their backers, striking both simultaneously. This ended the impunity enjoyed by many Pakistan-based actors.

2.  According to an official statement issued by the Border Security Force (BSF), an Indian BSF Constable, who had inadvertently crossed into Pakistani territory along the Punjab border on 23.04.2025, was repatriated on 14.05.2025 by the Pakistan Rangers. The exchange took place at the Attari-Wagah border at around 1030 hrs.  

3.  Indian state media said on 14.05.2025 that a Tiranga Yatra was taken out in Patna, Bihar State, to express unwavering support to the Indian Armed Forces after the successful completion of Operation Sindoor.

• The Tiranga Yatra, led by Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, along with BJP State President Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, witnessed a large turnout of people from various political parties, social organizations, and the general public.

4.  India has blocked the X (formerly Twitter) account of TRT World, a Turkish government-funded international news outlet, accusing it of amplifying misinformation and propaganda against India's national interests.

• The latest measures come amid heightened tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, and India's subsequent retaliatory military action, dubbed Operation Sindoor, against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). On May 8, social media platform X confirmed that it had received executive orders from the Indian government to block access to over 8,000 accounts within Indian jurisdiction.
• While no official list of all blocked accounts has been released by Indian authorities, a number of high-profile handles, including those of TRT World, and Chinese state-backed Global Times and Xinhua, and Pakistani political figures, have been restricted within India.

5.  The chief of the defence staff (CDS) and the three service chiefs (India) on 14.05.2025 briefed Indian President Droupadi Murmu on how Operation Sindoor was planned, executed during 07.05.2025 – 10.05.2025 with minimum collateral damage, and the goals achieved as India’s direct military response to the Pahalgam terror attack unfolded in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

• The Rashtrapati Bhavan said after the meeting that the President commended the valour and the dedication of the armed forces that made India’s response to terrorism a sterling success.

6.  Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S., Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, has appreciated the U.S. for timely intervention that facilitated a ceasefire and de-escalation between India and Pakistan.

7.  According to an Indian based media on 14.05.2025, India and Pakistan are likely to exchange plans on the modalities of de-escalation of troops deployed along the borders by 14.05.2025,

• Reportedly, this includes moving soldiers and equipment and platforms, which were deployed amid Operation Sindoor, from the forward defences of both sides to their pre-April locations.

8.  Pakistan returned a captured border guard to India on 14.05.2025, in a fresh sign of detente after a ceasefire ended four days of conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

9.  Pakistani State Media reported on 14.05.2025 that Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his profound gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev and the brotherly people of Azerbaijan for their unwavering solidarity and support for Pakistan during the recent tensions in South Asia.

10.  According to the Pakistani State Media on 14.05.2025, Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to play his role for the just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute which is imperative to ensure durable peace in South Asia.

HEADING ARTICLES

• PM urges UN Chief to play role for resolution of Kashmir dispute. 
• Pakistan returns detained BSF constable; Pakistan Rangers personnel also sent back by India 

SUB NEWS ARTICLES

Growing global attention towards Kashmir dispute encouraging: Rizwan 

Tiranga Yatra To Honour Courage And Sacrifice Of Indian Armed Forces During Op Sindoor