'All Social Media': Pakistan's Defense Minister Asif's weird claim on Indian jets | World News
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif held a misinformation in Pakistan after destroying nine terrorist sites in Operation Sindoor. Khwaja Asif appeared in a CNN interview and no doubt his claim that Pakistan shot down five Indian jets was attributed to evidence on social media. When asked about evidence that five Indian fighters were shot down, he replied: “On social media, on Indian social media, not on our social media. The debris of these jets fell into Kashmir. Today is in Indian media, and they have admitted it.” The anchor replied: “Sorry, we did not ask you about social media content here.”
When further inquired about details about how the fighter was shot down and what equipment was used, Khawaja Asif was unable to reveal the aircraft used by Pakistani forces. When asked about the evidence of that claim and whether Pakistan used Chinese equipment to shoot down Indian jets, he said: “No, Chinese equipment. We have Chinese aircraft, JF-17 and JF-10. They are Chinese aircraft. But they are making, now assembled in Pakistan, now assembled in Pakistan. We can also buy Islamic tools from there, if India can buy, if India can buy, if India can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy, if we can buy them. Britain, Russia or the United States use them.”
In early April, Khawaja Asif said Pakistan has been funding and supporting terrorist groups in viral video clips. Pakistan’s Defense Minister spoke to Yalda Hakim of Sky News in a video clip that is now viral, when she asked him: “But you admit, you do admit, sir, that Pakistan has been in the history of supporting, supporting and supporting and training and training and training and training and training and funding these terrorist organizations for a long time?”
In response, Asif said: “We have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about 3 years… and the West, including Britain… It's a mistake, and we've suffered for it, which is why you say that to me. If we didn't join the war against the Soviet Union, and later in the war after 9/11, Pakistan had a poor record.” Asif's statement reveals the fact that Pakistan has been hiding these terrorist groups for years.
On Wednesday morning, Indian armed forces launched a strike against the terrorist hiding place deep in Pakistan, where Pakistan occupied Jamu and Kashmir under Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahargam terrorist attack. Wing Commander Vyomika Singh informed that a total of nine terrorist sites were targeted and successfully destroyed. She asserted that these locations were selected and therefore had no harm to civilians and their infrastructure.
Pakistan acknowledges the strike and its impact. However, Pakistan began to spread claims they had shot down five Indian fighters. In view of this, the fact-checking team of the Indian News Information Agency (PIB) shared many posts on X, where they explained how Pakistani social media shared old photos of the crashed plane, claiming they were afterdone rainy days.
One of the most prominent examples is the viral image falsely claiming that Pakistani troops shot down an Indian-rampant jet near Bahawalpur. However, the image was debunked by PIB fact-checking, which actually happened in the Mig-21 crash in Moga, Punjab in 2021, which has nothing to do with current affairs.
Another ridiculous misinformation surfaced in the form of a videotape claiming that the Indian army raised the white flag and surrendered at Chora Post. Pakistan Minister Attaullah Tarar expanded this fabricated narrative, who publicly endorsed the claim without any evidence. By putting the formal weight in an unverified and obvious false story, Talar not only misled his own citizens, but also actively contributed to the propaganda movement.
