India's BrahMos Strikes Foiled Pakistan's Planned Offensive, Admits Shehbaz Sharif

Last Updated:May 29, 2025, 18:11 IST

The Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi was among the 11 sites targeted by India in response to Pakistan launching attacks on civilian areas along the western border.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif. (Image: PTI/File)

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has publicly admitted that Indian forces had pre-empted Islamabad’s planned offensive on the intervening night of May 9-10 when India launched BrahMos missiles to strike its key military bases, including Rawalpindi airport.

Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral summit in Azerbaijan’s Lachin, Sharif said that the Pakistani military, led Field Marshal Asim Munir, had planned to attack India on May 10 at 4:30 AM after the morning prayers. However, even before dawn, India preemptively rained down multiple Pakistani military installations and strategic locations with BrahMos missiles.

“On the night of May 9-10, we decided to respond in a measured fashion to Indian aggression. Our armed forces were prepared to act at 4.30 in the morning after Fajr prayers to teach a lesson. But before that hour even arrived, India once again launched a missile attack using BrahMos, targeting various provinces of Pakistan, including the airport in Rawalpindi," Sharif said while addressing the event.

“India destroyed Noor Khan (Rawalpindi) and Murid (Chakwal) bases before our planned attack time arrived,’ he added.

India unleashed its formidable BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of Operation Sindoor in retaliatory precision strikes on Pakistani military bases. Pakistan had escalated the situation on the border after India’s Operation Sindoor and sent drones to attack Indian cities, however, those were intercepted and taken down by the air defence system — S-400 and Akash. India had responded to the provocation and dispatched its drones to multiple cities in Pakistan.

Later, a ceasefire was announced between New Delhi and Islamabad on May 10 after the latter’s DGMO reached out to his counterpart in Delhi to cease military actions.

Operation Sindoor

India launched “precision strikes" under Operation Sindoor on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. The strikes killed over 100 terrorists including 10 family members of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and four close aides.

Targets included Jaish’s Markaz Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur, Sarjal camp in Tehra Kalan, Markaz Abbas in Kotli, and the Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad. Lashkar’s strongholds — Markaz Taiba in Murdike, Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala, and Shwawai Nalla camp in Muzaffarabad — were also hit. Hizbul Mujahideen’s facilities at Makaz Raheel Shahid in Kotli and Mehmoona Joya in Sialkot were among those targeted.

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