Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General (DG) of Inter-Services PublicRelations (ISPR), held a press conference in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
The press conference was called after a “projectile”, initially perceivedto be a private plane, crashed in Mian Channu, on Wednesday night.
Initial tactical operations are currently underway and the Armed Forceswill soon get to the bottom of this incident, he said.
He said, “On March 9, at 6:43 pm, a high-speed flying object was picked upinside the Indian territory. From the initial course, it deviated andentered Pakistan territory and fell in Pakistani territory, causing somedamage to civilian installations but no loss of life was reported.”
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“The flight path endangered civilians in both Pakistan and India. Indiamust explain what caused this; this reflects poorly on Indian aviation,” hesaid, adding that this could have resulted in a major aviation disaster.
Pakistan strongly protests the “flagrant violation”, he remarked.
