New Delhi/Feb, 27: Media reports in Delhi while quoting government sources on Wednesday said that Pakistani fighter jets were pushed back by the Indian Air Force (IAF) after they violated Indian air space in Poonch and Nowshera sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. Quoting high-level sources in Jammu and Kashmir The Indian Express in its report said that three Pakistan F-16s crossed the LoC briefly and were pushed back by IAF jets in Poonch and Rajouri sectors.
Spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammad Faisal Wednesday morning said that country undertook airstrikes across the Line of Control (LoC) this morning in response to the Balakot operation by India a day before. Faisal claimed the sole purpose was to “demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence”. An official response from India is awaited.
On Tuesday, India responded to the single bloodiest attack in Jammu and Kashmir in the last three decades of militancy by conducting air strikes deep inside Pakistan. For the first time since the 1971 war, the IAF was deployed to strike a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Balakot.
