*RAWALPINDI – As the exclusive story of a US magazine has also debunkedIndian claims of shooting down Pakistan’s F-16 jet, Major General AsifGhafoor called on India to speak truth regarding the Feb 28 dogfight withPakistan Air Force.*
In a statement on Twitter, the Director General (DG) of Inter ServicePublic Relations (ISPR) quoted the scoop of foreign policy magazine andwrote, “Allah be praised, truth always prevails.”
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Allah be praised, truth always prevails. Time for India to speak truthabout false claims & actual losses on their side including the secondaircraft shot down by Pakistan. India needs introspection especially overatrocities in IOK. Region needs peace, progress & prosperity.Foreign Policylinklink✔linklink
India has claimed it shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in February.But a new U.S. count of F-16s suggests New Delhi had it wrong. An exclusivereport from @laraseligmanlinklinkbuff.ly/2K50LItlinklink
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Advising the arch-rival, the DG ISPR said: “Time for India to speak truthabout false claims & actual losses on their side including the secondaircraft shot down by Pakistan.”
He added that, “India needs introspection especially over atrocities in IOK[Indian occupied Kashmir]. Region needs peace, progress & prosperity.”
A leading US magazine rubbished all Indian claims quoting two senior USdefense officials who had the direct knowledge of the situation, in itsexclusive story published on April 4, 2019.
The defense officials told the magazine that the US personnel recentlycounted F-16s in Pakistan and found none of them missing.
The magazine said, India has once again misled the world through baselessand false claims.
The findings directly contradict the account of Indian Air Force officials,which claimed shooting down a Pakistani F-16 in a recent dogfight.
One of the senior US defense officials maintained that Pakistan invited theUnited States to physically count its F-16 planes after the incident, as apart of an end-user agreement signed when the foreign military sale wasfinalized about the fighter jet.