Islamabad/IBNS, April 30 -- Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Ataullah Tarar has claimed India will conduct a military operation against Islamabad over the Pahalgam terror attack and warned New Delhi of facing "catastrophic consequences".

Tarar held a press conference at 2 am on Wednesday to make the claims after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave full freedom to his country's military to decide on a retaliation against the April 22 terror attack that killed 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

Tarar said if India attacks, the South Asian country will be countered "decisively".

"Being a responsible state, Pakistan open heartedly offered a credible, transparent and independent investigation by a neutral commiss...