{"id":73629,"date":"2025-05-08T22:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=73629"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:39:30","slug":"info-minister-denies-indias-claim-of-shooting-down-pakistans-f-16-jf-17-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/info-minister-denies-indias-claim-of-shooting-down-pakistans-f-16-jf-17-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Info Minister denies India&#8217;s claim of shooting down Pakistan&#8217;s F-16, JF-17 jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Security sources have <span class=\"diff-highlight\">vigorously<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pushed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">back<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">against<\/span> Indian media reports that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">said<\/span> Pakistan&#8217;s F-16s were shot down, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">calling<\/span> these reports &#8220;white lies&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/peca-bill-3-years-imprisonment-rs-2-million-fine-for-spreading-fake-news\/\">fake news<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on X formerly known as Twitter,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-committed-to-regional-peace-any-aggression-to-be-responded-forcefully-tarar\/\"> Information Minister Attaullah Tarar<\/a> has rejected Indian claims of <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">shooting down F-16 and JF-17 fighter jets.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p id=\"id__ft5zstlts65\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u201cAbsurd and false claims being made by India\u201d, the minister said, adding that fake and concocted stories will get you nowhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u201cSuch false claims only reflect your desperation. Denied and rejected,\u201d Information Minister wrote on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sources<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">said<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> India&#8217;s <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rising<\/span> panic <span class=\"diff-highlight\">was<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">result<\/span> of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">failed<\/span> Harop drone strikes. The security sources <span class=\"diff-highlight\">also<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">continued<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">say<\/span> that India&#8217;s repeated failures <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">attempts<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">further<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">aggression<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">leaving<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">India<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">confused<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">frustrated<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">In<\/span> panic mode, India is now <span class=\"diff-highlight\">said<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">be<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">trying<\/span> to justify <span class=\"diff-highlight\">their<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">next<\/span> aggression against Pakistan by <span class=\"diff-highlight\">trying<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">create<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">their<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">own<\/span> stories of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">an<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">attack<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">(<\/span>in <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">media<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">)<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> Rajasthan, Pathankot, and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">also<\/span> occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>The security sources <span class=\"diff-highlight\">told<\/span> Pakistan that its\u00a0armed forces are <span class=\"diff-highlight\">completely<\/span> capable of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">defending<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">against<\/span> all of India&#8217;s <span class=\"diff-highlight\">continued<\/span> nefarious <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">provocative<\/span> intentions. They <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">also<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">assuring<\/span> that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">bolster<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">or<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> respond <span class=\"diff-highlight\">if<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">India<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">attacks<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Security sources have vigorously pushed back against Indian media reports that said Pakistan&#8217;s F-16s were shot down, calling these reports &#8220;white lies&#8221; and &#8220;fake news.&#8221; In a statement on X formerly known as Twitter, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has rejected Indian claims of shooting down F-16 and JF-17 fighter jets. \u201cAbsurd and false claims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4625,28550,28549],"class_list":["post-73629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-fake-news","tag-f16-and-jf-17-jets","tag-information-minister-attaullah-tarar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73632,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73629\/revisions\/73632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}