India-Pakistan Updates: India hits Pakistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir

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Read about why India launched strikes against Pakistan in our explainer that maps Operation Sindoor here.

To see how world leaders have reacted to the cross-border attacks, read our story here.

And for more about the information war between India and Pakistan, you can read this article.

We will be closing this live page soon. Here’s a recap of the day’s major developments:

• Pakistan said that 31 civilians were killed in India’s strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India said that 13 people had been killed in cross-border attacks from Pakistan, including one soldier.
• In an address to parliament, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan’s military shot down five Indian fighter jets during India’s aerial assault, which he declared as being “befittingly answered”.
• Pakistan’s National Security Committee said that it has authorised the country’s armed forces to retaliate against India’s attacks, saying Pakistan reserves the right to respond “at a time, place, and manner of its choosing”.
• Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said Islamabad is looking to avoid an all-out war with India but must be prepared for one.
• United States President Donald Trump has offered to help end the crisis, telling reporters at the Oval Office: “We want to see them work it out.”
• World powers – including the UK, France, Germany, Iran, Turkiye, Qatar and the UAE – have urged both nuclear-armed nations to show restraint and return to diplomacy.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has landed in New Delhi, where he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart, Iranian news outlets report.

Araghchi had visited Pakistan earlier this week.

Iran has offered to mediate between India and Pakistan, underscoring that it enjoys good ties with both countries.

Indian news agency ANI says a blackout process has started in the Punjab region, which borders Pakistan, as part of an emergency preparedness exercise.

“Please stay at home, do not panic and do not gather outside your houses; keep the outside lights switched off,” ANI said, quoting local authorities.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tells Al Jazeera that Pakistan did not seek escalation, but it has the right to defend itself after it was attacked.

Watch his full remarks below.

Tim Kaine, a US Senator from Virginia, calls on New Delhi and Islamabad to find a “path towards de-escalation” and to ensure accountability for the Pahalgam attack.

“For the sake of innocent civilians in India and Pakistan – now is the time to lean into diplomacy,” the Democratic US senator wrote in a social media post.

An Indian soldier, named as Dinesh Kumar, was killed in cross-border shelling on Wednesday, Indian media outlets report, citing the Indian Army.

The death brings the total number of people killed in India as a result of the cross-border violence to 13.

Sindh province, which is home to Pakistan’s largest city Karachi and borders India, has made the decision following India’s air strikes in the early hours of Wednesday.

In a notice seen by the Pakistani news outlet Dawn, medical leave has been cancelled for all health personnel, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, with immediate effect until further notice.

Emergency response units have also been put on high alert.

Al Jazeera’s Abid Hussain is in Muridke, Pakistan – one of the sites struck by an Indian missile barrage early today. The administrative complex of a mosque has been heavily damaged in the attack, which New Delhi says targeted “terrorist infrastructure”.

Here’s a recap of the latest developments:

• The Pakistani military says the death toll from India’s attacks has risen to 31 civilians, with dozens of others injured.
• Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says Islamabad is looking to avoid an all-out war with India but must be prepared for one.
• India carries out emergency readiness drills that saw a temporary blackout in New Delhi.
• US President Trump says the US is willing to help India and Pakistan stop the hostilities.
• Pakistan’s National Security Committee authorises the country’s military to “undertake corresponding actions” against India.

Amit Shah says he has met with the governors of states bordering Pakistan and Nepal and asked them “to maintain the availability of essential goods and services and to keep relief and rescue forces” on alert.

“Instructed to monitor and take swift action on anti-national propaganda on all media platforms and to maintain seamless communication and security at vulnerable points,” Shah said in a social media post.

At least 21 airports in northern and western India have been closed for passenger flights until May 10 following a government directive, the Hindu reports.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) slams Modi’s government and accuses it of “anti-Muslim bigotry” and “extremism”.

“This deliberate targeting of civilians and religious sites – such as mosques – reflects the goals of the fascist, anti-Muslim Hindutva movement embodied by Narendra Modi,” CAIR executive director Nihad Awad said in a statement.

Pakistani military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says 57 flights were in the air during the Indian assault.

“There were multiple flights with thousands of passengers whose lives were put in grave danger,” Chaudhry was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper.

“These were not just Pakistani flights, but there were Saudi flights, Qatari, Emirates, Etihad, Gulf Air, Chinese and Korean flights.”

US President Donald Trump says he wants to see an end to the escalation between India and Pakistan.

“I want to see it stop. And if I can do anything to help, I will be there,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.

“We want to see them work it out.”