*ISLAMABAD – In a bid to prove Indian claims that its air force shot down aPakistan F-16 aircraft on February 27, Indian media has made itself alaughing stock by presenting wrapper of ‘F-16 Naswar‘ as an evidence insupport of a claim not being acknowledged by any aviation or defenseexpert. *
Zee News in India recently broadcast a short clip in which some soldierscan be seen loading wreckage of an aircraft in a truck.
The channel claims that its Pakistani soldiers who were trying to removethe debris from the site so that people don’t get the wind of it.
But here’s when things get interesting. The channel tries to prove that itsa Pakistan F-16 aircraft by showing a wrapper of *naswar* of F-16 brand.
The channel claims that the wrapper was found at the site of the wreckage,hence it proved that it was Pakistani F-16 aircraft and the video was fromPakistan.
*Naswar* is a common drug made out of powdered tobacco and is widely usedin Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It is sold under various weird brand names which are often crafted to catchpeople’s attention, such as F-16, is a fighter aircraft used by various airforces including Pakistan.
The TV channel’s ‘proof’ in support of India’s claim brought nothing butlaughs even from its own citizens.
One Indian citizen tweeted that the next thing in this episode will be thepacket of Mirage-2000 tobacco.link[image: View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link
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A news channel ran F-16 brand naswar packet in its conflict coverage. Nextwill be the tobacco packet for Mirage 2000 fighters. #Mirage2000link
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The Dassault Mirage-2000 is another fighter aircraft which is oftenconsidered to be the rival of Lockheed Martin’s F-16.
Even Bollywood actress Preity Zinta wasn’t spared by savage twitteratis,who schooled her when she claimed that an Indian Mig-21 had shot down aPakistani F-16.
A Pakistani tweep responded to Zinta with the picture of F-16 *naswar* wrapperthat Indian media had shown as proof, lying side by side a ‘Bombay’ sweetbetelnuts.
