Pakistan's military claimed that India launched drone strikes on Lahore and Karachi, a day after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

India on Thursday said its precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir were a "controlled, precise.

Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange was halted for an hour on Thursday after the benchmark index plunged 6.3%, as per an exchange notification. The sharp decline came amid reports of multiple drones being shot down over major cities like Karachi and Lahore,