COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Director General of ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor announced today (February 27) that the Pakistani Air Force shot down two Indian aircrafts inside Pakistani airspace.

He tweeted that the Indian airforce had crossed the Line of Control. One of the aircrafts had crashed inside Azad Jammu while the other fell inside the Indian occupied Kashmir.

In response to PAF strikes this morning as released by MoFA, IAF crossed LOC. PAF shot down two Indian aircrafts inside Pakistani airspace. One of the aircraft fell inside AJ&K while other fell inside IOK. One Indian pilot arrested by troops on ground while two in the area.

— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 27, 2019

DG ISPR further said that their action today (February 27) was only in self-defence and that they do not want to claim any victory over it. However, he also added that if aggression is imposed on them that they will definitely respond under compulsion.

Pakistan also claims that they arrested two Indian pilots from the military chopper that had crashed in the attack, one of them is currently under treatment at the hospital. Below is the footage of one of the arrested pilots:-

The arrested Indian pilot #PakistanArmyZindabad#Budgam#PakistanAirForceOurPride#PakistanStrikesBack#PakistanZindabaad pic.twitter.com/UIPHFBv2Sk

— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) February 27, 2019

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