Loud explosion heard in Lahore day after India's Operation Sindoor: Report

A loud explosion was heard in Pakistan's Lahore on Thursday morning, according to local broadcaster Geo TV and a Reuters witness.

The explosion comes a day after India carried out strikes on nine terror camps within Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It is still unclear what caused the explosion.

According to local media reports, sirens blared and residents rushed out of their homes after the explosion. The blast was heard in the Gopal Nagar and Naseerabad neighborhoods, near Walton Airport.

Flights operations at Karachi, Lahore and Sialkot airports have been temporarily suspended, but it is still unclear if the move was related to the explosion heard in Lahore.

On Wednesday, Indian armed forces carried out a massive operation which targetted terrorist infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Named ‘Operation Sindoor’, the attack was in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack which resulted in the death of 26 Indians, mostly Hindus.

In a statement, India said it carried out “a precise and restrained response” at terror camps. The Ministry of External Affairs stressed the operation was designed to be “non-escalatory” and that no civilian, economic, or military infrastructure was hit.