Pakistan, India At War As Fighter Jets Take To Sky

Pakistan’s Air Defense Corps have shot down two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force according to sources close to the Islamic republic’s security services.

In addition, passenger aircraft flying in Pakistani airspace are being rerouted to land at Karachi Airport, Geo TV reported, referencing a statement from Pakistan’s civil aviation authority.

Flights from Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, and several other cities are en route to Karachi.

Earlier, the Indian army stated that the Pakistani side had opened artillery fire along the Line of Control. Reports of exchanges of fire in various sectors of the border are coming in.

Addressing an important press conference to inform the public about the current security situation in Pakistan, Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, “It has been seven days since the Pahalgam attack, yet not a “a shred of evidence” has been provided to substantiate the baseless allegations levelled against Pakistan.”

On April 22, gunmen raided Indian-occupied Kashmir killing 26 men, mostly tourists.

India, on the other hand, accused Pakistan of involvement in the attack — announcing a number of diplomatic downgrades, including the suspension of World Bank-sponsored decades-old Indus Water Treaty (IWT), that governs water sharing between the two countries.

“We will present to you how India has been found to operate a terror network inside Pakistan in which explosives, IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and other materials are being provided to terrorists to target not only military but also innocent civilians,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“Four days ago, on April 25, an Indian-trained and sponsored terrorist, who was a Pakistani citizen, was arrested near the Jhelum bus stand from whom one IED, two mobile phones, and Rs70,000 were recovered,” he said, adding that further investigation yielded an Indian-origin drone from his house along with Rs1 million in cash.