‘Finally the truth’: DG ISPR after India admits no one was killed in Balakot strikes

After India finally admitted that their so-called air strike carried on February 26 in Balakot caused no deaths and casualties, Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that hopefully India will also confess about their other false claims.

The DG ISPR took to his Twitter and wrote that truth has finally been revealed ‘under ground reality compulsions'. He added that hopefully India would also come clean about false claims it has made in the past too.

Finally the truth under ground reality compulsions. Hopefully, so will be about other false Indian claims ie surgical strike 2016, denial of shooting down of 2 IAF jets by PAF and claim about F16. Better late than never.#TruthPrevails#PakistanZindabad https://t.co/Kim8CZTdlJ

— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 18, 2019

“Hopefully, so will be about other false Indian claims [such as] surgical strike of 2016, denial of shooting down of two Indian Air Force [IAF] jets by Pakistan Air Force and claims about F16. Better late than never,” DG ISPR added.

India backtracked on its claims on Thursday when India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj finally acknowledged the truth and said, while addressing a women’s rally in Ahmadabad, that no Pakistani soldier or citizen died in the air strike carried out by IAF across the border in Balakot.

India had earlier on February 26 claimed carrying out air strikes in Balakot, allegedly on a camp of Jaish-e-Muhammad. The country claimed that a large number of 'terrorists' were killed during the strike. However, Pakistan debunked their false claims, while pictures and videos from the location of the targeted site of alleged air strike exposed their India's misleading claims.