"The attack on Pahalgam on April 22 was the first escalation by Pakistan, in response to which the Indian Armed Forces has retaliated accordingly," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

The foreign secretary described Pakistan’s allegation that India had targeted the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project as an 'absolute and complete fabrication and a blatant lie'

India on Thursday said its precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir were a "controlled, precise.