Published 18:32 IST, February 26th 2019
Spooked Pak in denial: Here's how Imran Khan's 'Naya Pakistan' reacted to IAF air strike on JeM camps in Balakot
In the aftermath of IAF air strike, a spooked Pakistan remained in denial mode and rejected India’s claim that it had conducted air strikes in Balakot and destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp
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Indian Air Force on Tuesday delivered a massive blow to Jaish-e-Mohamm (JeM) terror group after it destroyed one of its biggest terror launchps in Pakistan's Balakot area twelve days after Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were martyred in a suicide bombing led by JeM terrorist. As per sources, over 300 terrorists, trainers and senior commanders of JeM were eliminated in air strike by IAF's Mir 2000 which dropped 1,000 kgs paylo on terror launchapds.
However, in aftermath of air strike, a spooked Pakistan remained in denial mode and rejected India’s claim that it h conducted air strikes in Balakot and destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp.
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Rattled Pakistan Army on Tuesday went on to allege that IAF violated LoC in Muzafarab sector. Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), media wing of army, taking to Twitter wrote that " casualties were reported".
However, sources have confirmed to Republic that over 300 terrorists who were undergoing training at Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror camps at Balakote, Muzaffrab and Chakothi in Pakistan were neutralised in IAF's air strike.
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Furrmore, Balakot-based Jaish-e-Mohamm terror camp destroyed by Indian Air Force on Tuesday was located on bank of Kunhar river in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and was also used by Hizbul Mujahideen terror group. It was a 7 star camp with swimming pools and all or amenities which has w been brought down to dust.
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In a panic after India destroyed JeM multiple terror bases killing hundreds of terrorist, flustered Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called for an "emergency meeting".
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Stunned by air strike, Pakistan on Tuesday said it will give an "appropriate reply" to Indian IAF action, which it described as "grave aggression".
"It is a grave aggression by India. We h told world community that such a step could be taken by India," Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told state-owned Pakistan media, as per ANI report.
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Rattled and on backfoot, Pakistan's National Security Committee came out and said: "India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at time and place of its choosing."
India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale dressed a press briefing on Tuesday wherein he h confirmed about IAF's air strike on JeM training bases. He furr also confirmed that one of terror facilities in Balakot, which was struck down by IAF's Mir 2000, was heed by Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar's bror-in-law Maulana Yusuf Azhar alias Ust Ghouri.
"In an intelligence-led operation in early hours of today, India struck biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot. In this operation, a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihis who were being trained for fidayeen action were eliminated. This facility at Balakot was heed by MAULANA YUSUF AZHAR (alias UST GHOURI), bror-in-law of MASOOD AZHAR, Chief of JeM."
As per sources, Yusuf Azhar, bror-in-law of JeM chief Masood Azhar was killed in IAF Airstrike in Balakot, Pakistan. He was on Interpol list & was among most wanted in India, who was heing largest terror camp of JeM in Pakistan.
16:40 IST, February 26th 2019