India, May 30 -- Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has publicly admitted that Indian ballistic missiles hit inside the territory on the intervening night of May 9 and 10, which left the Army caught off-guard.

Speaking in Azerbaijan, the PM was quoted as saying by the media: "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," Sharif said.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that left 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, dead.

India targeted terror bases in Pakistan and PoK.

After the Pakistan Army again targeted Indian civilians and resort...