The US Consulate in Lahore has directed its personnel to shelter-in-place due to the reported drone explosions, downed drones, and possible airspace incursions in and near Lahore.
In a security alert, the Consulate said it has also received initial reports that authorities may be evacuating some areas adjacent to Lahore’s main airport.
It also asked American citizens to leave the "area of conflict" for their safety. "US citizens who find themselves in an area of active conflict should leave if they can do so safely. If it is not safe to leave, they should shelter-in-place," it said.
News agency PTI reported that four drones hit the Lahore cantonment area. The armed forces opened fire and played a siren, causing panic among the residents of Lahore's border areas and the Defence House Authority. In Islamabad, Pakistan Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said one drone crashed near Lahore and four soldiers sustained injuries as a result of the attack.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Defence informed that Pakistan had tried to hit military targets in India, which were neutralised. "On the night of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles. These were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks," the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
India reportedly used the S-400 defence system for the first time and neutralised these attempts. The Indian armed forces responded to the attack 'in the same domain with the same intensity as Pakistan'. In response, India has neutralised an air defence system in Lahore. "Today morning Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralized," the statement added.
