Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan was committed to ensuring peace with all countries, however, was mindful of securing its frontiers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we aim for peace with all, we are mindful of our duty to defend the country,\u201d he said in a tweet as the nation celebrated the \u2018Surprise Day\u2019.<\/p>\n
The day marked the fourth anniversary to pay tribute to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for downing two Indian fighter jets for violating the country\u2019s airspace. One of the Indian pilots was captured but was later handed over to New Delhi as a gesture of peace.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said, \u201cToday the nation pays rich tribute to PAF for a befitting response to the Indian violation of Pakistan\u2019s air space on the pretext of false flag Pulwama attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stressed that Pakistan was \u2018mindful\u2019 of its defence and said, \u201cLet no one make any mistake about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan was committed to ensuring peace with all countries, however, was mindful of securing its frontiers. \u201cWhile we aim for peace with all, we are mindful of our duty to defend the country,\u201d he said in a tweet as the nation celebrated the \u2018Surprise Day\u2019. The day marked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n