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Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) made the announcement as apparently normalcy returns to the country after the raging tension with India seems to be ending

Pakistan announced on Saturday that it was opening its airspace for all kinds of traffic, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire with India.

Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) made the announcement as apparently normalcy returns to the country after the raging tension with India seems to be ending.

“All airports in the country are available for normal flight operations. Passengers are requested to contact the relevant airline for the latest schedule of their flights,” the PAA said.

It also said that Pakistan’s airspace has been fully restored for all types of flights, and all airports in the country are available for normal flight operations.

Pakistan’s airspace remained closed for a certain duration and routes due to the tension with India, which hampered regular air traffic, resulting in inconvenience for passengers.

The decision to open airspace showed that clouds on the horizon of Pakistan and India are lifting.

As strikes and counter-strikes by drones and missiles as well as small arms and artillery continue between India and Pakistan along the entire western front and a tense atmosphere prevails, the Central government has authorised Chief of the Army Staff…

As strikes and counter-strikes by drones and missiles as well as small arms and artillery continue between India and Pakistan along the entire western front and a tense atmosphere prevails, the Central government has authorised Chief of the Army Staff to mobilise the entire Territorial Army (TA) for deployment in support of the regular Army.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of the Indian Armed Forces carrying out Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday briefed a parliamentary committee on the India-Pakistan military conflict in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

The meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was attended by members, including the TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, the Congress’ Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, and the BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of the Indian Armed Forces carrying out Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent military actions between the two countries.

India and Pakistan reached an understanding on halting all military actions on May 10.

Misri is briefing the panel on the “current foreign policy developments regarding India and Pakistan” on Monday and Tuesday.

The government has decided to send all-party delegations to 33 global capitals to brief leaders on India’s resolve to firmly deal with terrorism against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor.

It is alleged that Jyoti had traveled to several sensitive and strategically important locations in Jammu and Kashmir shortly before a terrorist attack in Pahalgam

Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service

The Instagram account of a YouTuber from Hisar, Jyoti Malhotra, has been blocked following serious allegations of spying for Pakistan.

Jyoti is in police custody for five days after the Hisar police booked her under various sections of the BNS and the Official Secrets Act.

It is alleged that she had traveled to several sensitive and strategically important locations in Jammu and Kashmir shortly before a terrorist attack in Pahalgam.Her YouTube videos show visits to high-security areas including Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Dal Lake, and Pangong Lake, which lies near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, the police sources said.

They added that these visits, made in 2024 and again on January 5, 2025, have alerted the intelligence agencies, and she was on their radar ever since.

Hisar police searched her residence and seized several documents.

The sources said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is expected to interrogate her soon regarding possible terror links.According to Hisar SP Shashank Kumar Sawan, Jyoti had traveled to Pakistan shortly before the recent terror attack in Pahalgam in Kashmir.

She was allegedly being groomed by Pakistani intelligence agencies to act as an asset. During her visit, she met an individual named Danish.

The FIR claims that Jyoti exchanged sensitive information with Pakistani handlers, posing a grave threat to India’s national security.Jyoti has now been booked under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Police conduct searches at house | Jyoti in police custody

Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service

Claiming that his daughter is innocent, Harish, the father of suspected spy Jyoti Malhotra, said that a police team arrived at their residence on Thursday to conduct a search and confiscated several items, including mobile phones.

“The police have been visiting our house for the past few days and conducted searches during each visit. This time, the team consisted of six officers, including two women and a cameraperson. They took away Jyoti’s laptop and phone, besides the phones belonging to me and my brother. They also took our bank documents,” Harish said.

He mentioned that he spoke to Jyoti, who denied any wrongdoing. “She says she is being implicated. She claims she had official permission to visit Pakistan and might have stayed with someone there or communicated with them. But I don’t know the people she may have been in contact with in Pakistan,” he said.

A graduate, Jyoti had been supporting the family by contributing around Rs 10,000, he said. Earlier, Jyoti was working in Delhi on a salary of Rs 20,000, but returned to Hisar during the lockdown and started making YouTube videos.

Meanwhile, Hisar DSP Kamaljeet Singh has confirmed that some suspicious items were seized from Jyoti’s possession. She has been booked under relevant Sections and has been taken into five-day police custody.

These arrests come after Pahalgam terror attack

Police have arrested eight people from Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly spying for Pakistan. These arrests happened after the terror attack in Pahalgam, which led to tighter security and more surveillance.

Below are the eight arrested 

Jyoti Malhotra (Hisar, Haryana)

A travel vlogger with a YouTube channel called Travel with JO.

Police say she shared military information with Pakistan and had visited the country twice.

She was reportedly in touch with someone from the Pakistan High Commission.

Davender Singh Dhillon (Punjab, arrested from Kaithal, Haryana)

A 25-year-old college student from Khalsa College, Patiala, was arrested in Kaithal, Haryana.

He posted gun photos on Facebook.

During questioning, police found he had visited Pakistan and shared photos of an army area.

Nauman Ilahi (Panipat, Haryana; from UP)

Worked as a security guard.

Police say he gave information to a Pakistani spy and received money through his brother-in-law.

Arman (Nuh, Haryana)

Arrested based on a tip-off.

Accused of sending sensitive information to Pakistan.

Shahzad (Rampur, UP)

A businessman arrested by the Special Task Force.

He had visited Pakistan many times and is also accused of smuggling goods.

Mohammad Murtaza Ali (arrested in Punjab)

Caught by Gujarat Police in Jalandhar.

He allegedly shared information using a mobile app he created himself.

Gazala and Yamin Mohammad (Punjab)

Also, arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan.

The Army has safely destroyed 42 unexploded shells that had been fired by the Pakistani side in Poonch during the recent conflict between the two countries. Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Suneel Bartwal stated the Army, working in close coordination with…

The Army has safely destroyed 42 unexploded shells that had been fired by the Pakistani side in Poonch during the recent conflict between the two countries.

Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Suneel Bartwal stated the Army, working in close coordination with local police authorities, successfully conducted a controlled operation to safely dispose of the 42 unexploded shells in the border areas of Jhullas, Salotri, Dharati, and Salani in the Poonch district.

“These shells, remnants of recent cross-border shelling, posed a significant threat to the lives and safety of local residents,” the spokesperson explained.

“The operation was carried out with utmost precision, adhering to all standard safety protocols to prevent any risk to civilian life or property.”

Authorities in the border districts of Jammu and Kashmir have expressed concern and have issued warnings to residents to remain vigilant for any such objects. In several areas of Jammu along the International Border, residents had also been advised not to return to their homes until all unexploded shells were safely dealt with.

The spokesperson further noted that trained bomb disposal teams from the Indian Army, in conjunction with the police, ensured the complete neutralisation of all explosive remnants. “This proactive effort reflects the organisation’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding civilian populations in conflict-affected zones and restoring a sense of normalcy in vulnerable border communities,” he said.

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In this episode of TheTribune interview, The Tribune’s editor in chief Jyoti Malhotra spoke to former army commander of the Northern Command Lt Gen D S Hooda on the outcome of Operation Sindoor and the meaning of the Indo-Pak conflict..

As PM Modi gets tough post-Pahalgam attack, experts debate sustainability of treating terror as war and the risks of escalatory doctrine

Chandni S Chandel Tribune News Service

Late last week, the India-Pakistan hostilities ceased after India hit Pakistan’s air bases, making the Pak DGMO beg for a ceasefire. Later, giving a clear message to Pakistan, Indian PM Narendra Modi warned that talks, trade and water will not be discussed till terror originating from Pakistani soil ends.

After decades of attempts at every possible approach to hold Pakistan accountable for acts of terrorism, India had reached a point where an aggressive shift in policy became inevitable. Now, a new normal has been established by PM Modi. As per this new normal, this ceasefire is not an end but a pause to Operation Sindoor and the terms and conditions have been laid down, writes Jawed Ashraf in his article ‘Not going back from the new normal’.

However, in her Op-Ed piece, ‘The hyphen stays between India and Pak’, senior journalist Nirupama Subramanian brings to the fore that the ‘new normal’ of treating every terror attack as an ‘act of war’ is unsustainable in the long run. Next time, Delhi’s friends would want to see concrete evidence of Pak involvement before India retaliates. The danger is that we have handed the levers to trigger an India-Pakistan conflict to the adversary with the act of war pronouncement, she writes.

From India’s policy shift to the core contradictions in the West’s response to terror, Lt Gen SS Mehta (retd) writes in his Op-Ed piece ‘To win the war before the war’ that when it hurts the West, it calls it terror but not otherwise. Now India has rewritten the rules of the game, which is to win the war before the war. This is the new norm in the escalatory ladder.

Meanwhile, super cop Julio Ribeiro complimented the prime minister in his article, ‘PM Modi has come up trumps’ with the way he handled the situation after the Pahalgam attack. But he also had a word of advice for the PM — he would have to win the hearts of the locals, all of whom are not extremists — to end terrorism in J&K.

Unlike Ribeiro, in a critique, former Ambassador to Iran and UAE KC Singh has pointed out that if the dialogue process with Pakistan, based on the Gujral doctrine, failed, so has the post-2019 Modi doctrine. The Pahalgam attack meant that deterrence like the Balakot strikes, constitutional changes in J&K, et al failed. And Pakistan would often hint that terrorism would end if India ceded Kashmir. Now, India has a matching card—you will get Indus waters once terror ends.

Amongst all the discussions on the post-India-Pak flare-up, later in the week one good thing happened and that was the meeting of External Affair Minister S Jaishankar with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. And to top it all, India did that openly without unduly bothering about what the world would say. So, the story of how India won over the Taliban is perhaps the most fascinating of all, this week, writes The Tribune Editor-in-Chief Jyoti Malhotra in her weekly column The Great Game ‘Three morals and a Trump story’.

Shifting focus from the battleground to the digital frontlines, we saw the social media warriors armed with half-facts and half-lies during the standoff. Yashwant Deshmukh and Sutana Guru in their article ‘Social media warriors join ranks of useful idiots’,took the shameless social media warriors to task who blatantly trolled Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri while he was working round the clock handling the fallout of Operation Sindoor. Also bearing the brunt was Himanshi Narwal, all of 22, newly married and tragically widowed in the Pahalgam attack. All she had done was ask fellow Indians not to target an entire community in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack. And immediately, Himanshi, who had been till then elevated by these social media warriors to the status of Mother India, had to face incessant abuse, and conspiracy theories were floated about how she had been indoctrinated during her days as a student in JNU.