"Indian drones continue to be sent into Pakistan airspace...(India) will continue to pay dearly for this naked aggression," military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said.
Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, was beheaded on camera by al-Qaeda affiliated Pakistani terrorists in 2002.
The relationship between India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from colonial Britain in 1947.
India said seven of its targets were used by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, both Islamist groups designated terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council.
Both nations face state-sponsored terror groups that operate among civilians: Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed against India, Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel.
The Indian army said that it did not target Pakistani military facilities in the attack.
“We seek de-escalation and urge all parties to exercise restraint and avoid increasing tensions,” Iranian FM Araghchi said.
Islamabad and New Delhi impose mutual sanctions, close borders, and place forces on alert after a deadly April 22 attack in Kashmir.
The visit comes on the heels of a recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam in India’s Kashmir region, which has enflamed tensions between India and Pakistan.
"It was stressed that Russia is ready to act for a political settlement of the situation resulting from the act of terrorism of April 22," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Telegram.
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