India, May 30 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has publicly admitted that India's BrahMos missile strikes stopped a planned Pakistani military offensive on the night of May 9 and 10.

Speaking at a summit in Lachin, Azerbaijan, Sharif acknowledged that the Pakistani armed forces were preparing to launch an attack on India early on May 10. However, Indian strikes hit multiple targets across Pakistan before the planned operation could begin.

"On the night of May 9-10, we decided to respond in a measured fashion to Indian aggression," Sharif said. "And we had decided that at 4:30 in the morning after Fajr prayers, Pakistan armed forces led very ably by our field marshal chief army staff sitting here, Syed Asim Munir to teach a less...