Pakistan hit and stunned but in denial mode, its army says 'no Indian aircraft came here'

Pakistan has said that neither any Indian aircraft entered its airspace nor any Pakistani aircraft crossed into Indian airspace in last night’s military action.

India said it struck nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) in the early hours of Wednesday in response to the Pahalgam attack. The military action was codenamed ‘Operation Sindoor’. India blamed Pakistan for the attack in which Pakistan-sponsored terrorists killed 26 people.

Pakistan has said that the country’s air and ground forces were pressed into action to conduct retaliatory strikes against India. However, even as Pakistan acknowledged Indian strikes and claimed to have responded to India, it said that no planes crossed borders.

“At no time, any of their aircraft were allowed to enter into Pakistan’s airspace and also at no time, none of Pakistan’s aircraft went into Indian airspace,” said Lieutenant General Ahmed Chaudhry, the principal spokesperson of the Pakistani military.

Chaudhry further told the media that Pakistan responded fully to the Indian operation and destroyed “several” Indian checkposts and struck a brigade headquarters inside India.

India said in an initial that it struck only terrorist sites and not any military installation. Later at a press conference, an Indian official said that targets struck were engaged in terrorist activities against India.

“Operation Sindoor was launched to give justice to victims of heinous Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and completely destroyed. For three decades, terror infrastructure has prospered in Pakistan that includes recruitment and indoctrination centres, training areas, and launchpads. These centres are spread over both Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK),” said Colonel Sofiya Qureshi at the briefing.