Rana Tahir Shahbaz
Pakistan on late Tuesday shot down five fighter jets of India in retaliation to the missile strike that hit five locations inside Pakistan.
“Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has downed five fighter jets of Indian Air Force (IAF),” security sources confirmed in a statement.
The Pakistan army in retaliation destroyed a brigade headquarters in India.
India on late Tuesday conducted missile strikes at five locations in Pakistan, killing a child and injuring two others including a woman. According to security sources, India aircraft from their airspace hit the areas in Kotli, Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Ahmad Pur Sharqia and Muridke.
As per initial reports, the civilian population was targeted. One missile struck a mosque in Bahawalpur, where a child was killed and two persons were injured. Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) while talking to a private television confirmed said the airborne fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force did not let the Indian aircraft enter the Pakistani airspace.
Pakistan has captured various Indian soldiers, the reports said.