ET, May 09, 2025 : The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) on Friday said that the Karachi Port was damaged from India’s recent military strikes. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the KPT stated that India’s strike had caused significant damage to the Karachi Port, resulting in “unacceptable harm to properties.
The statement added that emergency response efforts were ongoing, and updates on recovery would be shared regularly.
“We stand resilient,” it concluded.
However, just an hour prior, the same account had denied any such damage, calling media reports of an Indian strike on Karachi Port “completely false and baseless.”
The earlier post read: “The movement of ships, shipping, and cargo handling at Karachi Port is continuing as per routine.
The contradictory messages come amid escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan following India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’, a retaliatory operation in which Indian Armed Forces struck nine terror targets across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The strikes targeted key locations linked to terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed< (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen.
Among the targets inside Pakistan were Bahawalpur, Muridke, Sarjal, and Mehmoona Joya, while the PoK strikes focused on Bhimber, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad. The Indian operation was launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians.
Following the Indian strikes, Pakistan attempted to retaliate on the night of May 7 by engaging multiple Indian military targets in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, including key locations such as Srinagar, Pathankot, Amritsar, Chandigarh, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles.
These attacks were intercepted and neutralised by India’s Integrated Counter-UAS Grid and S-400 Sudarshan Chakra air defence systems. Debris from these neutralised threats is currently being recovered, confirming the attempted strikes.
Early Thursday morning, the Indian Armed Forces also launched further precision strikes on Pakistani Air Defence Radars, with reliable sources indicating that a system near Lahore was successfully destroyed.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has intensified unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), using mortars and heavy artillery in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar, and Rajouri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir.
As a result of Pakistani shelling, 16 civilians, including three women and five children, have lost their lives. Indian officials stated that India was compelled to respond to silence Pakistan’s artillery fire but remains committed to non-escalation.
