ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military spokesperson on Friday challenged India to present evidence, if it has any, that Pakistan carried out missile and drone strikes on Indian military installations, accusing Indian media of disseminating fabricated stories.
“Pakistan has not used drones or rockets. If India claims otherwise, let it present evidence,” Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry challenged. He criticised Indian media for spreading “fabricated stories.”
Speaking at a briefing for foreign media in Rawalpindi on Friday, accompanied by representatives of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy, the DG ISPR said the Pakistani military’s retaliation against India’s aggression was limited to the Indian military posts firing at civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC).
They briefed the media persons on the evolving situation at the LoC and the broader regional implications. They strongly rejected Indian accusations over the Pahalgam attack, warning that New Delhi’s actions risk destabilising regional peace.
DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said India is externalising its internal problems by blaming Pakistan. He said Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed territory, but India is attempting to internalise the issue.
The Director General of ISPR asserted that India has a history of targeting innocent people for political objectives, blaming Pakistan, and then covering up these actions by further killing innocent Kashmiris and Muslims while portraying them as terrorists.
He pointed out that India blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgam incident within minutes of its occurrence, without conducting any investigation.
He also presented video clips featuring Indian citizens, Kashmiris, Indian officials, retired Indian military officers, and politicians, all describing the Pahalgam incident as a security failure on the part of the Indian government.
He accused the Indian media of frequently fabricating stories to implicate Pakistan.
Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry further alleged that India has suppressed independent media, banned thousands of X handles, and restricted access to social media platforms operating within Pakistan to ensure that the Indian public only hears the version presented by its own authorities.
He said India is actively sponsoring terrorism within Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan, and is also involved in transnational killings across the world, including in Canada.
The Director General emphasised that Pakistan is the last bulwark state standing against the menace of terrorism, not only on behalf of the people of Pakistan but the people of the world.
He said India intends to disrupt Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts, which could lead to regional destabilisation.
The DG ISPR said India shut down the X and other social media platforms because it does not have the patience or moral courage to listen to people, because of the lie.
He said Pakistan will not allow that after every two years, an incident occurs, and India starts attacking without providing any evidence.
He said 33 innocent civilians, including 5 children and 7 females, have been martyred so far in unprovoked Indian aggression against Pakistan.
Showing pictures of children martyred in Indian aggression, the DG ISPR said the world must remember these little Pakistani martyrs before asking Pakistan what it is going to do.
He said, “India attacked our mosques, desecrated the Holy Quran. Indian acts are in blatant violation of international law.”
Giving details of Indian attacks, the DG ISPR said, “our proud air force took on the Indian aircraft with five of them shot down, including 3 Rafale, one Mig 29, 1 SU30, one large combat UAV and multiple smaller UAVs.”
He said, “whatever sophisticated weapons India is sending, we are converting everything to debris and we will continue doing it.”
He said, “we have responded to Indian aggression and are continuing to respond but we are very careful because we do not believe in targeting innocent people.” He said, “neither our religion nor our culture or morality allows us to target innocent people and holy places.”
Showing footages of Pakistan’s precise response, the DG ISPR said, “we are precisely targeting only Indian military targets, the ones from where Pak civilians are being targeted.”
On the occasion, Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed of Pakistan Air Force briefed the newsmen about Pakistan’s aerial response, debris of Indian jets shot down by Pakistan and also exposed Indian media’s false and ridiculous stories about Pakistani missiles.
DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary said India’s design behind blaming Pakistan for Pahalgam and its subsequent actions is clear, as it wants to distract Pakistan from the war against terrorism, so the Indian proxies like Fitna al Khwarij and BLA can increase their activities.
