DG ISPR condemns Indian drone strike near Sikh holy site in Nankana Sahib as ‘abhorrent and unacceptable’

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry strongly condemned India’s attempt to target one of the holiest Sikh sites, Nankana Sahib, with a drone, an attack successfully thwarted by the Pakistan Army. He called the act “abhorrent and unacceptable.”

Addressing a press conference alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday, Lt Gen Chaudhry revealed that India had fired four missiles toward Amritsar the previous night, one of which veered toward Pakistan. “We were closely monitoring the situation,” he said.

Lt Gen Chaudhry dismissed India’s claims of having targeted 15 locations in Pakistan as “fiction,” emphasising that the Pakistan Armed Forces were on high alert and fully capable of defending the nation.

“I question the Indian government’s credibility. If it claims to be a 21st-century state, it must stop spreading baseless allegations,” he asserted.

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He further disclosed that Indian drone attacks had been launched across multiple Pakistani cities, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Attock, Nankana Sahib, Bahawalpur, Mianwali, Chor, Ghotki, and Karachi.

Speaking specifically about the drone attack on Nankana Sahib, Lt Gen Chaudhry said, “One of the drones attempted to target a holy Sikh site in Nankana Sahib. This is abhorrent and unacceptable.” He added, “Which religion allows the targeting of mosques, sacred places, and holy scriptures? Today, a drone was directed at Nankana Sahib but we took it out.”

🚨RED ALERT 🚨 -
Janam Asthan Sri Nankana Sahib Under India's Drone Attack

Modi's India Fired A Drone Attacking Guru Nanak Sahib's Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib -- Pakistan Army Shot Down the Indian Drone Aimed At Sri Nankana Sahib..!!!

Now ....Not Only Pakistan Is Under Attack… pic.twitter.com/ubpNSrvFE6

— Gurpatwant Singh Pannun (@SFJGenCounsel) May 8, 2025

The attack sparked outrage within the global Sikh community. Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun condemned India’s aggression, stating, “The Modi-led Hindutva government’s drone attack on the birthplace of Guru Nanak Sahib is an open declaration of war against Sikhs. The Pakistan Army destroyed the drone and protected Nankana Sahib.”

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India’s Drone Attack at Nankana Sahib:
بھارت کا ننکانہ صاحب پر ڈرون حملہ:
SFJ Calls For Sikh Soldiers on Indian Army to Defect and Form "Sikh National Army" to Support Pakistan, Liberate Punjab From Indian Occupation.
سکھس فار جسٹس نے بھارتی فوج میں سکھ فوجیوں… https://t.co/5GhPUxnw2X pic.twitter.com/H2992rXFUv

— Gurpatwant Singh Pannun (@SFJGenCounsel) May 9, 2025

Pannun further recalled past Indian assaults on Sikh religious institutions, recalling the Operation Blue Star in 1984, Operation Black Thunder in 1988, and the Darbar Sahib attack in July 1955.

He called on Sikhs serving in the Indian military to prepare for an armed struggle "to liberate Punjab from the Indian occupation."