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RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 &'()&*!#+, !"# $$%&'( 7.7/>?5. '@4?5/542 !"#$%&' (!&) 46>'?64 (!#() *')+ +)$!"+)"#+ ??.2? 1?'8/>6.7'25/ 424552 $!)")+! !+)# 6"*A&&7 B! C 5 -.% $/ 0 .!/1!23% !14,!"5 !"#$ %&$#$'( )"( * , . , R Force officer in our custody,” of our strike was to demon- % ./012345625/7. Khan said. The announcement strate our capability and will. was greeted by thumping of “We did not want to inflict any 8& 8 0 . day after India demanded desks by Pakistani lawmakers. casualty on India as we want- 6 9 Aimmediate release of an The Indian Air Force on ed to act in a responsible man- ) L M IAF pilot who landed in Thursday said it is very happy ner.” . Pakistan detention on that captured pilot Wing He warned if India moved . Wednesday following an aeri- Commander Abhinandan is ahead with the “aggression”, 9 al engagement by air forces of returning home but dismissed Pakistan will be forced to retal- 42 & . the two countries, Pakistan suggestions it was a goodwill iate and urged the Indian lead- . ) 6 Prime Minster Imran Khan on gesture, insisting it was in line ership not to push for escala- Thursday announced that with the Geneva Conventions. tion as war is not solution to # Wing Commander “We are very happy any problem. Abhinandan Varthaman will be Abhinandan will be freed Warning that “any miscal- released on Friday as a gesture tomorrow and look forward to culation” from India would #. & & of peace and the “first step” to his return,” Air Vice Marshal R result in “disaster”, he said, ) *<8 &%. # # open negotiations with India. GK Kapoor, assistant chief of “Countries are ruined because # The decision comes amid Air Staff, told a news confer- of miscalculation. War is not a ! #$ report that the Indian ence. solution. If India takes any Government reportedly decid- Asked if the IAF sees it as action, we will have to retaliate.” Foreign Secretary Vijay escalation” of tensions with ed that Varthaman cannot be a a goodwill move, Kapoor said, Khan, however, said Gokhale briefed envoys of sev- India has not gone down well IAF fighters had hit the intend- Pakistan lied that no F-16 bargaining chip and New Delhi “We see it as a gesture in con- Pakistan’s “desire for de-esca- eral countries, including from in New Delhi, they indicated. ed targets. Kapoor said there is was used but there was enough will not strike any deal with sonance with the Geneva lation” should not be miscon- China, France, Russia, the In Islamabad, Foreign credible information and evi- evidence, Kapoor said. Islamabad for his release. Conventions.” strued as its weakness. “Our United Kingdom and the Minister Shah Mehmood dence that “We hit the intend- Stating that Pakistan air- Khan made the announce- The joint session of armed forces are battle-hard- United States, on the Pakistan Qureshi said his Government ed targets” and it was prema- craft targeted military installa- ment during a joint session of Pakistan Parliament was held ened and they are fully pre- Air Force targeting Indian mil- was willing to consider return- ture to assess the casualties and tions, he added PAF bombs Parliament soon after Foreign on Thursday to discuss rising pared to respond to any aggres- itary installations in an aggres- ing the captured IAF pilot if it damage. were unable to damage any of Minister Shah Mehmood tension with India. The sion,” he said. sive manner, resulting in the leads to “de-escalation” of ten- Sources in the Government India’s defence installations. Qureshi said Khan is ready to Pakistani Air Force on Khan said he “tried to call” escalation of tensions. sions with India. said more than 20 Pakistani air- Addressing the media, talk to his Indian counterpart Wednesday carried out a retal- the Indian Prime Minister on On US President Donald According to the sources, % 45625/7. craft had approached the Indian Army’s Major General Narendra Modi to de-escalate iatory strike, a day after Indian the phone Wednesday because Trump’s suggesting that the Khan has to walk the talk on Indian airspace. SS Mahal said escalation of ten- Indo-Pak tensions. struck inside Pakistan, destroy- “escalation is not in our inter- situation between India and investigating the February 14 ebunking Pakistan claims The IAF also nailed the sions had been done by “In our desire for peace, I ing the biggest terrorist train- ests nor in India’s”. The Prime Pakistan was de-escalating, the Pulwama attack. India, they Dthat F-16s were not used in misinformation by the Pakistan Pakistan but India was pre- announce that tomorrow ing camp of the Jaish-e- Minister urged the interna- sources said New Delhi has no stressed, wants immediate, the offensive against Indian military that it shot down two pared for any contingency if the (Friday), and as a first step to Mohammed (JeM). tional community to play its idea what he was referring to. credible and verifiable action military targets in Jammu & Indian aircraft and captured enemy provoked it. open negotiations, Pakistan Addressing the House, role in de-escalation for peace Pakistan’s efforts to link the against terrorists and their Kashmir on Wednesday morn- three Indian pilots which was Mechanised forces were will be releasing the Indian Air Khan said, “The only purpose and stability in the region. release of the pilot with “de- proxies. ing, the Indian Air Force on later claimed to be two and by put on standby and troops Thursday said the American the evening on Wednesday were ready to deal with any aircraft was used in the mis- they said just one pilot was in security challenge, Mahal said. adventure and also displayed their custody. Rear Admiral of the Indian % $ P the wreckage of the ‘beyond The Army and Navy rep- Navy Dalbir Singh Gujral said visual range missiles’ of the US- resentatives asserted that the the force was in a high state of supplied fighter plane. Armed forces are on high alert readiness to deal with any % 45625/7. ed with stones and also shot in The move led to more hos- Air Vice Chief RGK and ready to meet any securi- Pakistan misadventure in the the leg while fleeing. tility and the villagers began Kapoor, who addressed the ty challenge on land and sea. maritime domain. ing Commander “My objective was to cap- pelting stones at Varthaman media, along with the repre- But the sources added there has The briefing by the tri-ser- WAbhinandan Varthaman ture the pilot alive. I had seen who by then was on the run. sentatives of the Army and the been no mobilisation of ground vices came after Prime Minister raised patriotic slogans, fired in the Indian flag on his parachute “The boys chased him until Navy, said a variety of aircraft forces yet. Narendra Modi chaired a high the air and stuffed his mouth and knew he was Indian,” he fell into a stream and one of was used by Pakistan Air Force Tensions between the two level meeting amid the height- with documents when he land- Chaudhry was quoted as saying. my nephews who was also — F-16s, JF 17 Thunder and countries escalated after Indian ened tensions with Pakistan !"# ed on Pakistani soil after eject- According to the 58-year- armed shot him in the leg,” Mirages. This rejects Pakistan’s fighters bombed banned terror and after Imran Khan ing from his fighter jet, says the old eyewitness, Varthaman Chaudhry said. claims that its air force did not group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s announced the release of an % & headman of a village on the asked some of the villagers if he The pilot was then asked to target the Indian military biggest training camp near Indian Air Force pilot captured ' % other side of the border. was in India, and the villagers drop his pistol, and was pinned installations during Balakot deep inside Pakistan by his country. The Indian Air Force pilot, tricked him with an affirmative down by a villager to prevent Wednesday’s air intrusion. early Tuesday. It came 12 days The meeting was attended who has been the centre of response, leading the pilot to him from using any other Asserting that the IAF after the JeM claimed respon- by chiefs of the three Services, !!"#$ $$ global attention since his cap- raise patriotic slogans about weapon that he might have strikes hit the intended target sibility for a suicide attack on National Security Advisor Ajit ( ture on Wednesday, will be Pakistan, told the BBC that he India. However, he was in for had. The pilot attempted to and achieved the mission, a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Doval, Finance Minister Arun ) released on Friday, Pakistan ran to the spot along with other a shock. “The boys around him destroy the documents in his Kapoor said it’s up to the polit- Jammu & Kashmir, killing 40 Jaitley, External Affairs * +* Prime Minister Imran Khan villagers when he saw the MiG responded by saying, ‘Long possession by stuffing them in ical leadership to decide when paramilitary men. Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home **%,& has announced in Parliament. 21 crashing to the ground. live Pakistan’!” Chaudhury told his mouth. However, the vil- and how to release evidence of The IAF showed parts of Minister Rajnath Singh and Recounting the dramatic Varthaman’s first question the BBC, adding that lagers managed to get hold of the Balakot strike’s success. Amraam missiles as proof that Defence Minister Nirmala - events leading to his capture, on landing was whether he was Varthaman then pulled out some papers which were later He was responding to a Pakistan used F-16 aircraft to Sitharaman.

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