By Muhammad Luqman
In yet another attempt to gain political mileage for the BJP-led Hindu extremist government in New Delhi before May general elections, Indian aircraft violated the Pakistani airspace across Line of Control in Kashmir region and dropped payload in an open area.
“The Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of ISPR, the media wing of Pakistan’s armed forces, Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet .
“Indian aircrafts’ intrusion across LOC in Muzafarabad Sector within AJ&K was 3-4 miles.Under forced hasty withdrawal aircrafts released payload which had free fall in open area. No infrastructure got hit, no casualties. Technical details and other important information to follow,” the tweet stated.
Maj General Asif Ghafoor said the “timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force” forced the intruding aircraft to “release payload in haste while escaping, which fell near Balakot.”
He said “No casualties or damage” were reported due to the dropping of “payload.”
Pictures released by the Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor show a burnt out steep mountain side with no sign of any damage to any property, apart from a few burnt out pine trees.
The military spokesperson rejected Indian propaganda that some targets were hit.
He clarified: “Indian aircrafts’ intrusion across LOC in Muzafarabad Sector within AJ&K was 3-4 miles. Under forced hasty withdrawal aircrafts released payload which had free fall in open area.”
The spokesperson added: “No infrastructure got hit, no casualties. Technical details and other important information to follow.”
Politicians on both sides of the political divide have condemned Indian aggression and vowed to teach New Delhi a lesson for its aggressive designs.
Meanwhile, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale in a press conference in the capital, New Delahi claimed to have struck a Jaish-e-Mohammad camp inside Pakistan but had to face embarrassment when he had no answers to journalists’ probing questions and left the briefing after reading out a statement.
