Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt. General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Sunday that Pakistan did not request for a ceasefire and the proposal was put forward by India.
Addressing a press conference, DG ISPR said “Indians requested and Pakistan gave a very clear response that we will communicate back only after we have given the response that this act deserves.” He added that Pakistan responded to the request after involvement of international interlocutors.
He added that Pakistan had promised that it would respond befittingly at a time and place of its choosing and it did.
“We promised and delivered,” he said.
“No one should have any doubt that whenever our sovereignty would be threatened and territorial integrity violated, the response would be comprehensive, retributive and decisive.”
The DG said that Pakistan had hit 26 military targets inside India which sustained major damages. He said that aviation and air forces bases in Suratgarh, Sirsa, Adampur, Bhooj, Nalia, Bathinda, Barnala, Halwara, Avantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Mamoon, Ambala, Udampur and Pathankot were hit.
He also added that the facilities from where BrahMos missiles were fired were also destroyed.
The DG also clarified that Pakistan does not have any Indian pilot in custody, and such claims were fake news based on social media chatter. He added that one Pakistani jet had sustained minor damage and would be repaired soon.
Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb said that Pakistan had hit the maximum number of IAF facilities since 1971.
“We attired the IAF’s pride, the Rafales, resulting in this entire fleet coming to a standstill at ground position. They did not fly after that, at least not close to their western border,” Aurangzeb said.
Vice Admiral Rab Nawaz said that Pakistan Navy was perpetually ready to respond to Indian aggression and the enemy had chosen not to venture out.
“So the enemy fully understood the cost they would have to pay for venturing from the sea, and so they didn’t,” he added. He also said that the Indian air carrier Vikrant barely has enough strength to carry out its own air defence.
