The National Security Committee authorized the Pakistan Army to give a befitting reply to Indian aggression.
The emergency meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ended. Senior military officials, ministers and other important figures participated.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to address the National Assembly on Indian aggression and Pakistan’s befitting reply and take the members into confidence.
According to the National Security Committee statement, the meeting considered the situation of India’s unprovoked, cowardly and warlike action, while the meeting offered Fateha for the martyrs, expressed condolences to the families of the martyrs and prayed for the recovery of the injured.
The statement said that the National Security Committee authorized the Pakistan Army to give a befitting reply to the Indian aggression.
Earlier, after India’s cowardly attack in the dark of night, Pakistan retaliated in full force, as a result of which 5 Indian aircraft were shot down and the brigade headquarters of the Indian army was also destroyed. The Pakistani Air Force and ground forces also destroyed several Indian check posts, videos of which were also shown to the media by the DG ISPR.
DG ISPR General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, while reacting to the Indian aggression, said that when and how to respond to the attack by India, we will decide the time and place ourselves.
The Pakistan Army spokesman said that the Pakistan Army responded to the Indian attacks by shooting down 5 aircraft and a combat drone. Indian aircraft were shot down in the general area of Bathinda, Akhnoor, Awantipora and an occupied Srinagar. These aircraft were shot down when these aircraft attacked Pakistan. The destroyed Indian aircraft include 3 Rafales, a MiG-29, a Sukhoi and a combat drone.
He said that the Pakistan Air Force and the army also destroyed several Indian check posts. The brigade headquarters of the Indian army that violated the ceasefire was targeted, Chhatri Post, Jura Post, Shahpur 3 Post and other posts were targeted.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed in a conversation with the news agency that Pakistan has shot down 5 Indian warplanes while all Pakistani Air Force aircraft are safe.
Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan has gained the upper hand in the operation in response to Indian aggression.
Federal Information Minister Atta Tarar said that 5 Indian planes and a drone have been shot down, the Pakistani army has also destroyed enemy check posts, India has admitted its defeat by waving the white flag.
Atta Tarar said that waving the white flag is also a defeat for the Indian media, India has always run away from the investigation, today it came to take revenge and ran away.
He said that the details of how much damage was caused in the Indian attack will come out in some time, we were supposed to go to Muridke and Bahawalpur today with the national and international media, the cowardly enemy caused damage to mosques, women and children.
The Foreign Office spokesperson said that Pakistan has informed the United Nations Security Council about the Indian attack.
The Foreign Office spokesperson said that Pakistan’s permanent representative informed the Security Council about the Indian aggression, Pakistan has the right to respond to the Indian aggression at the appropriate time and place.
The Indian Army hoisted the white flag at the Choora Complex on the Line of Control.
According to security sources, the Pakistan Army’s missile strike destroyed an enemy post in the Dodanial sector on the LoC.
According to security sources, the Pakistan Army shot down an Indian drone in the Barnala sector.
Sialkot police and security sources say that Pakistan shot down two Indian drones in Kotli Loharan, one drone exploded and the army took the other drone into its custody. Pakistan shot down an Indian drone in Narowal. An Indian drone was shot down near the village of Tehra in Zafarwal, while no one was injured in the Indian drone crash.
While giving a media briefing late at night, DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that cowardly India carried out an unprovoked aggression on Pakistan tonight. India carried out 24 attacks on 6 places in Pakistan. 26 Pakistanis, including two children, were martyred and 46 were injured in the Indian attacks.
He said that Masjid Bilal was targeted in Muzaffarabad, while Masjid Abbas and Masjid Al-Qura were targeted in Kotli and Mureed, a shell fell in Kotli Loharan village in Sialkot, a dispensary was also damaged in Shakargarh, but there were no casualties.
The Pakistan Army spokesperson said that with the support of the people, the forces are responding to the enemy’s aggression, the Pakistani army is responding fully to the enemy’s unjustified attack.
The DG ISPR said that the enemy also targeted the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project, which resulted in damage to the structure of a dam.
Reacting to the Indian missile attacks, the Foreign Office spokesperson said that we strongly condemn India’s unprovoked and open aggression. The Indian Air Force targeted Pakistan’s sovereignty with stand-off weapons from Indian borders.
The spokesperson further said that civilian populations were targeted in Muridke, Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad. Many innocent civilians, including women and children, were martyred in the Indian attack.
