Four personnel of the Pakistan Army injured in Lahore, says DG ISPR
\n Islamabad
\nAs many as 25 Israeli-made Harop drones flown by India over multiple cities of Pakistan have been shot down, the military said on Wednesday as the information minister called the neutralised unmanned vehicles (UAVs) \u201cwar trophies which will be kept in museums.\u201d
\nThe remotely-piloted aircraft were neutralised using both electronic countermeasures (soft-kill techniques) and conventional weaponry (hard-kill systems) after they were detected over several cities across Pakistan, the military\u2019s media wing, the ISPR, said in a statement.
\nThe military described the drone incursions as a \u201cdesperate and panicked response\u201d by India after Pakistan\u2019s armed forces shot down its five jets \u2013 including three prized Rafale aircraft \u2013 and destroyed several Indian military posts in retaliation for the brazen missile attacks on civilian infrastructures in multiple cities of Pakistan on the night between May 6 and 7.
\nDebris from the Israeli-origin drones is being recovered from various locations, the ISPR said, adding that New Delhi has suffered substantial losses along the Line of Control (LoC) since its military misadventure. \u201cThe Pakistan Armed Forces are responding decisively to all hostile actions and continue to thwart enemy intentions,\u201d it added.
\nMeanwhile Information Minister Ataullah Tarar told lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday that the Indian drones are a \u201cwar trophies\u201d of Pakistan\u2019s armed forces which will \u201cbe kept in museums\u201d. \u201cWe will show them to our children and tell them that when India failed with its jets, it used drones,\u201d he said in a passionate speech.
\nEarlier in the day, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that the drones were neutralised in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Chakwal, Bahawalpur, Mianwali, Karachi, Chor, Miano and Attock. He added that one of the UAV partially struck a military target near Lahore which caused a minimal damage to equipment.
\n\u201cFour Pakistan Army personnel were injured in a drone attack in Lahore, while one civilian was martyred in Miano, Sindh,\u201d the spokesperson said. He termed the attempts as a continued pattern of aggression and affirmed that Pakistan\u2019s forces remain on high alert to defend the country\u2019s airspace and territorial integrity.
\nReferring to the downing of five of Indian jets by PAF, the military spokesperson said that India \u201capparently lost the plot\u201d and suffered heavy casualties along the LoC. The international community can clearly witness the dangerous trajectory India is following through these provocative military actions, which are threatening not just regional stability but also broader global security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four personnel of the Pakistan Army injured in Lahore, says DG ISPR Islamabad As many as 25 Israeli-made Harop drones flown by India over multiple cities of Pakistan have been shot down, the military said on Wednesday as the information minister called the neutralised unmanned vehicles (UAVs) \u201cwar trophies which will be kept in museums.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n