Addressing a press conference in response to violation on the Line of Control (LoC) by India earlier in the day, Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor told India to ‘get ready for a surprise’ by Pakistan.
“Now it is time for India to wait for our response; the response will come at the time and point of our choosing where the civil-military leadership decides, and as a matter of fact, has already decided. It is your turn now to wait and get ready for our surprise,” the Army spokesperson said.
“You (India) have proved that you are not a democracy. You have choosen a path of war without knowing the consquences for the peace and stability in the region. We have fought for 15 years to bring peace and stability in the region.”
“If you (India) look at this option that we focus towards you, we are focusing towards you.”
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In the beginning of the press conference, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor gave a presentation, highlighting claims made by the Indian media.
“They are claiming that they remained in the Pakistani airspace for 21 minutes and killed 350 terrorists. They claim that the second strike was in Muzaffarabad and the third in Chakothi.”
“Allah almighty is the greatest and we should not make tall claims, but come and try to spend 21 minutes in Pakistani airspace,” the DG ISPR said.
The DG ISPR futher briefed: “According to war methodology, our entire Air Force could not have stayed airborne. Our safeguards on land were in place. So if they had tried an on-ground incursion, they would have met the response that we had planned.”
He said last night, first visibility of Indian planes was noted in Lahore-Sialkot border. They were intercepted by PAF jets but they did not cross the border.
Another formation of Indian planes was noted in Okara-Bahawalpur sector and our combat patrol engaged it. That formation also did not cross the border.
The DG ISPR said the third and heavy air formation was witnessed in Kiran Sector of Muzaffarabad that had crossed the border.
Their formation came inside our territory 4 to 5 nautical miles. They remained four minutes in our airspace and fled when challenged. While fleeing, they unloaded their payloads at the place of Jaba.
