RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif said that a total of eight Pakistani innocent citizen martyred and 35 others injured in Indian missile attacks in five different locations of the country.
Addressing the Press Conference Director General said that India has targeted Masjid Abad in Kotli and another Mosque Masjid Subhan in Ahmad Pur Sharqia, Bahawalpur district of Punjab. Another missile hit Masjid Bilal in Muzafar Abad area, while a village, Loharan, was targeted in Sialkot district. The largest number of casualties occurred in Ahmad Pur Sharqia, where 31 innocent Pakistanis were injured and two others martyred. He said that media personnel would be allowed to visit these places and examine the civilian casualties. The international media would be given a briefing on this situation, where India has targeted the places of worship and innocent children.
Pakistan Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan has shot down five jets of the Indian Air Force, while a drone was also shot down in the border region with Kashmir. He said that Pakistan also hit the 12th Infantry of the 15th Corps, the Headquarters of the Indian army. He said that Pakistan had complete aerial superiority in the aerial operation. He said that Pakistan have arrested some of the Indian soldiers. He said that in response to Indian missile attacks, the Pakistan Air Force promptly responded and targeted three Rafale Jet fighters. Pakistan army shoots down five Indian Jets and one drone in Barnal and Akhnoor sector while eight army installations were also destroyed soon after the enemy attacks on innocent civilians in different areas of the country.
Security sources said that the third Indian Jet is probably Rafale, which has taken fire in the border area of Akhnoor. A total of three Indian Jets have been targeted in response to the Indian missile attack. A video sent by the local seems that the fuel tanker of the jet was targeted as fire flames were seen by the residents of the area. Pakistan decisively responded to Indian army missile attacks and targeted two jets, besides eight army installations within the territory of India. All fighter jets of the country successfully reached the Airspace and they are completely safe. Earlier two persons were martyred and 12 injured in separate incidents, including children and women injured when the Indian enemy fired five missiles in five different locations in Kotli, Bahawalpur and Muzaffarabad. ISPR said that the exact assessment of the losses is being investigated. The Indian missiles targeted three different locations in Kotli, Muzaffarabad The missiles attacks would be retaliated at any cost.
DG ISPR said that the Indian Air Force was jammed from entering Pakistan and the enemy fired the missile from the Indian territory. DG ISPR said that Pakistan would respond within a specific time and at a specific location of its choice. The enemy attack was shameful and they targeted the worship place known as the Subhanullah mosque in Bahawalpur. Pakistan has destroyed three Indian check posts in India occupied Kashmir while closing its airspace for 48 hours. The ISPR said that the momentary joy of the Modi administration would be turned into permanent grief for India. Pakistan will take revenge of a single drop of its blood of its innocent children as the cowardly enemy targeted innocent people.
Meanwhile, the US President Donald Trump strongly condemned the Indian attacks on Pakistan and expressed grave concern over the dangerous escalation in South Asia. He said that US hope that these attacks would end soon.
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