Reports of multiple bomb blasts have surfaced from Pakistan, causing panic in the area. According to Pakistani media reports, a loud explosion was heard on Walton Road in Lahore on Thursday morning, as well as in the Gopal Nagar and Naseerabad areas near Walton Airport. Police have confirmed the incident and are currently investigating the nature of blasts. Several videos of eyewitnesses describing the incident have surfaced. They have reported seeing black of clouds in the air as people fled from their homes in fear. Notably, sirens were also heard in the area, following the explosion.
Meanwhile, UK Member of Parliament Priti Patel condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and called on the British government to strengthen counter-terror cooperation with India. Speaking in the UK House of Commons, Patel reiterated her condolences to the victims and urged the UK to recognise the cross-border terror threat posed by groups operating from Pakistan.
“On the 22nd of April, terrorists brutally killed 26 tourists in Pahalgam in a barbaric and savage act of violence. Most victims were killed at point-blank range by gunshots to their heads. My thoughts and prayers were with all those that were affected by this murderous, violent terrorism in Pahalgam,” she said.
