Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), held a press conference in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
The press conference was called after a “projectile”, initially perceived to be a private plane, crashed in Mian Channu, on Wednesday night.
Initial tactical operations are currently underway and the Armed Forces will soon get to the bottom of this incident, he said.
He said, “On March 9, at 6:43 pm, a high-speed flying object was picked up inside the Indian territory. From the initial course, it deviated and entered Pakistan territory and fell in Pakistani territory, causing some damage to civilian installations but no loss of life was reported.”
“The flight path endangered civilians in both Pakistan and India. India must explain what caused this; this reflects poorly on Indian aviation,” he said, adding that this could have resulted in a major aviation disaster.
Pakistan strongly protests the “flagrant violation”, he remarked.
Prior to the DG ISPR’s announcement, rumors surfaced of a small training plane crashing on Thursday during a routine flight in Mian Channu, a village in Punjab’s Khanewal district. According to reports at the time, the plane was doing routine training when it crashed near Toll Plaza in Mian Channu. These reports were, of course, erroneous.
Our defense system failed completely and our pants got wet just by finding some wreckage and you’re lauding this moron, Babar Iftikhar? Now imagine an actual Brahmos flying into our territory with a nuclear head. Zor se bolo Ahmadullilah!
inko tab hi pata chalta hai jab ho under ghus kar chalay jatay hain yaan apna wreck choor jatay hain.
Hamary paas CONDEMN karnay ke ilawa aur kuch nahin hota. Because humnay, apna kaam choor kar politics mein Unglian zaroor daini hai.
Although I find it shameful, I’ll still admit the truth that militarily we’re absolutely no match to India. Especially, till dumb, so-called, self-proclaimed strategists and generals enjoy power at the highest level. It’s just a matter of time when Azad Kashmir will be annexed by India and we’ll be nothing more than sitting ducks