ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIAN WING COMMANDER ABHINANDAN

Subsequent to the rapid action carried on by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) of shooting down two Indian aircraft after violations at Line of Control (LoC), several images are surrounding the social media soon after the incident today.

Documents and material recovered from the possession of both pilots are under the custody of security forces.

The Wing Commander of Indian Air Force Abhinandan who is the son of (Retd) Indian Air Marshal got apprehended by the security forces of Pakistan soon after his jet smashed down by the PAF in Azad Jammu Kashmir today.

PM KHAN ADDRESSES THE NATION

Prime Minister Imran Khan is addressing the nation after PAF retaliated and shot down Indian aircraft on Wednesday.

“I know India suffered casualties in Pulwama because Pakistan has also been suffering,” he said. “I have visited many hospitals and met the wounded over the past couple of years,” he added.

Khan said that Pakistan had offered India that it would take action if evidence was provided by India regarding involvement of any Pakistani in the Pulwama attack.

The prime minister said that Pakistan did not retaliate against India yesterday as it had not yet ascertained the damage that had been done by India.

“We wanted to show them that if you can come into our territory, we can do the same to you,” he said.

The prime minister said that Pakistan had shot down two Indian jets and two IAF pilots were in Pakistan’s custody.

“But where do we go from here?” he asked.

Prime Minister Khan said that wars had been fought previously due to miscalculations. He said that the United States never knew that it would be stuck in Afghanistan for 17 years and that previous world wars had only wreaked havoc on human lives.

“I want to tell India clearly–the type of weapons that you have and we have, it could lead to colossal loss of lives,” he said.

Prime Minister Khan invited India to resolve all issues via dialogue but cautioned against use of force.

“I would like to say once again–better sense should prevail,” he said, concluding his brief address.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently heading a meeting of the National Command Authority (NCA) that will take into account the response post-violations by Indian aircraft into the country’s airspace at Line of Control (LoC).

It is pertinent to mention here that yesterday Imran Khan called a meeting of the National Security Committee during which all the attendants rejected the fabricated Indian claims of striking terrorist camps within Pakistan.

Prime Minister is the head of the NCA who oversee the entire process of policy formulation, exercises, deployment, research and development, employment and operational command and control of the country’s nuclear arsenals.

Yesterday’s meeting was attended by the top brass of civil and military leadership including Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, defence and foreign affairs minister.

Indian External Affairs Minister admitted in a brief press conference that its MIG 21 plane had been shot down.

#BREAKING

In the aerial engagement, one Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft was shot down by a MiG-21 Bison of the Indian Air Force: Raveesh Kumar (Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs)

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“An Indian pilot has gone missing,” he said. “Pakistan claims it has our pilot in its custody. We are ascertaining their claims,” he added.

In the early hours of Wednesday, the PAF jets struck targets in India for Tuesday’s response to Indian intrusion into Pakistan’s airspace.

The PAF shot down two Indian aircraft that ventured again into Pakistan’s airspace on Wednesday.

Flight operations suspended in major airports in Punjab, KP

Flight operations have been suspended in major airports in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Pakistan’s retaliatory move that shot down two Indian fighter jets on crossing the Line of Control.

International and domestic flight operations have been suspended in Multan, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore, and Islamabad airports.

The aerial curfew has been called to avoid any attack on commercial flights after the aforementioned airports were labelled war zone areas.

The commercial flights in the zones will remain suspended until a new situation is developed.

INDIA BACKS DOWN

India backs down–a few hours after Pakistan Air Force retaliated and brought down two IAF jets and arrested two Indian pilots.

“India does not want ‘further escalation’, the Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said in China, ensuring that India will “continue to act with responsibility and restraint”.

Sushma Swaraj is in China for the 16th Russia-India-China or RIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Wuzhen. During her address, she claimed that India had not carried out air strikes on any military targets in Pakistan.

“In the light of continuing refusal of Pakistan to acknowledge and act against terror groups on its territory, and based on credible information that JeM was planning other attacks in parts of India, the Government of India decided to take pre-emptive action and the target was selected in order to avoid civilian casualties,” she said.

Her statement comes a few hours after the PAF jets struck targets in India for Tuesday’s response to Indian intrusion into Pakistan’s airspace.

The PAF shot down two Indian aircraft that ventured again into Pakistan’s airspace on Wednesday.