The President’s secretariat disclosed that the mercy petition from Arif, received on May 15, was turned down on May 27, as per the order dated May 29.

In response to the incident, additional IAF and Army personnel have been swiftly deployed to the site of the attack. The presence of IAF Garud Special Forces initially stationed at the scene has been augmented by reinforcements from the Army, with forces converging on Jarra Wali Gali (JWG) in Poonch.

According to eyewitnesses, “These foreign tourists were having dinner along with their guide when the armed men barged into the hotel and indiscriminately fired upon the tourist guide.”

Group was having dinner at a resort when gunmen suspected to be terrorists entered the dining area and fired at him.

Says Pakistan will have to implement international rules on Afghan border, and terrorist trafficking had to stop

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said he has spoken to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and conveyed India's deepest condolences on the loss of lives in the "horrific terrorist attack" in Moscow.