ISLAMABAD – In a first, Pakistan registers FIR against Indian Air ForcePilots for destroying Pakistan forest reserves in a bombing mission.
A First Information Report was filed by the forestry department on Fridayagainst pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for bombing and destroyingtrees in the Balakot area.
The FIR, registered against unidentified IAF pilots, also details thedamage suffered by 19 trees after Indian aircraft “hastily dropped theirpayload”.
Islamabad also plans to lodge a complaint against India at the UnitedNations, accusing New Delhi of “eco-terrorism”.
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Indian warplanes bombed Jabba Top, a hilly forest area near the northerntown of Balakot, about 40km from occupied Kashmir.
Climate Change Minister Malik Amin Aslam had said Indian jets bombed a“forest reserve” and the government was undertaking an environmental impactassessment, which will be the basis a complaint at the United Nations andother forums.
