Spooked by possible military retaliation from India in the wake of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, the Pakistani Army has set up bunkers in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), and is providing military training to young men to prepare for any eventuality. Secret bunkers have also been raised at strategic locations.
The Pakistani Army has also installed war sirens across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest of the country amid the heightened tensions.
The Pakistani forces have roped in young men from Gilgit-Baltistan in the POK and have been helping them with training to use guns.
India Today has also learnt that civilian properties are being occupied, vacated and being turned into bunkers that can be used in the event of a military face-off.
Pakistani forces and security agencies have been on a high alert ever since the cowardly attack that killed 26 people, 25 of whom were tourists. Terrorists of The Resistance Force (TRF), an offshoot of the banned Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), carried out the attack.
Pakistan pressed the panic button following warnings from the Indian leadership hinting at likely action against the attackers and the masterminds of the attack.
Just on Saturday, Pakistan declared that it has successfully tested a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a 450-km range on Saturday. The missile, known as the Abdali Weapon System, was tested as part of its military drill ‘Exercise INDUS’.
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