Pakistan has claimed that “India is planning surgical strike to divert attention from its ‘domestic troubles’”. Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi claimed that Islamabad has ‘credible inputs’. Qureshi made startling claims during press conference in Abu Dhabi on December 18.

"An important development has cropped up [...] I've learned through our intelligence forces [...] that India is planning a surgical strike against Pakistan," Pakistan’s news outlet Dawn quoted Qureshi as saying.