Jammu, May 2 -- More than 1,000 madrasas across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) have been closed for at least 10 days, local authorities announced on Friday.
According to sources, the closures were prompted by growing fears of a possible Indian strike. India has previously alleged that some of these religious institutions are being used as safe havens for terrorists.
Residents in the region suspect that while a full-scale war between India and Pakistan is unlikely, targeted airstrikes along the Line of Control (LoC) remain a real possibility. They cite the 2019 Balakot airstrike-where Indian Air Force jets targeted an alleged terrorist training camp linked to Maulana Masood Azhar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province-as a p...