*ISLAMABAD: Asserting Pakistan’s complete preparedness to defend itsmotherland, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Wednesdaythat Pakistan had given an effective response to India.*

Briefing the participants of an in-camera session called to briefparliamentary leaders over rising tension with India, the COAS said none ofthe Pakistani jets violated the Line of Control (LoC).

The meeting was held to brief parliamentary leaders in the wake ofPakistan’s retaliation to airspace violation by India.

The army chief told the participants that Pakistan shot down Indian planesbecause they violated aerial boundaries of our country. One Indian aircraftwas down inside Pakistan’s territory, while the other was leveled in theoccupied-Kashmir, he added.

“The prime minister once again invited India for peace talks and India mustreciprocate it wisely”, he continued. The COAS, however, stated that therewere suspicions that India may ‘do something’ [in reaction].

He thanked the political parties for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with thePakistan Army.