Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif made a fool of himself and Pakistan while pressing on the claim that its Army had shot down 5 Indian fighter jets. In an interview to CNN, when asked about the evidence of Indian fighter jets being shot down (the claim which was surfaced by Pakistan itself), Khwaja stressed that is all over the social media and particularly Indian social media. The question by the CNN anchor followed on the lines of Operation Sindoor carried by Indian armed forces in Pakistan and PoK on Wednesday.
“It is all over the social media, on Indian social media, not on our social media, the debris of these jets falling into India occupied Kashmir, and it’s over on Indian media,” said Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja. According to Pakistan’s Defence Minister, the proof for their claim lies in the pictures posted on social media.
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Meanwhile, Khwaja Asif on Wednesday threatened that India’s latest military strike marked an “invitation to expand the conflict.” He said that Islamabad was ready for an “all-out war” after India launched Operation Sindoor, hitting nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson, he warned that Islamabad is ‘trying to avoid’ a full-fledged war between the two neighbours.
According to him, New Delhi’s deadly assault on Punjab and PoK on Wednesday was a “clear-cut violation and that “India crossed an international boundary.” CNN quoted him as saying, “This is a clear-cut violation, and an invitation to expand the conflict and maybe convert it into something much wider and much more dangerous, all-out war. There is absolutely no doubt, because India is increasing the intensity, the stakes of this conflict,” added Asif. “So… we can’t be caught with our guards down.”
In a decisive move to combat terrorism, the Indian Armed Forces executed “Operation Sindoor,” targeting key terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. This operation was launched in response to the recent heinous attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen, Indian army said in a statement.
The operation involved precision strikes on nine identified sites linked to terrorist outfits, specifically targeting camps associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. Notable locations affected include Masjid Sobhanullah in Ahmed Pur East Bahawalpur, Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and Muzaffarabad.
Indian Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday briefed media on ‘Operation Sindoor.’ He said India’s actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. “Our intelligence indicated that further attacks against India are impending. Thus, compulsion, both to deter and prevent and hence earlier this morning, India exercised its right to respond to deter such more cross-border terrorism… Our actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling terrorists’ infrastructure.”
