Pakistan indicted the Indian ambassador in Islamabad late evening on Thursday, citing an Indian super-sonic flying object violating its airspace and crash landing in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Mian Chunnu at 6.43 pm local time.
The Indian Charge d’affaires in Islamabad was notified about the Indian “super-sonic flying object” entering their airspace which origins from Suratgarh, and hope for a thorough and transparent investigation by the Indian government.
Pakistan’s foreign office revealed this in an official statement midnight. The supersonic flying object later landed near the Mian Chunnu area on a civilian property causing damages, although no casualties have been reported.
“The rogue flying object beside damaging the civilian property has caused disturbance to the domestic and international flights inside Pakistan’s airspace and could have posed a serious threat to civilian lives,” the foreign office said.
Indian Government did not immediately respond to the incident.
Pakistan’s foreign office added that, “We have asked the Indian Charge d’Affaires to give a strong message to India that such scrupulous activities will not be tolerated as it’s a blatant act of violation of our airspace, international norms, and aviation safety protocols. We want a detailed and transparent investigation on this issue and the results must be shared with us explicitly. We will not, going forward tolerate such mishaps and India will have to pay for such deviations or unplanned maneuvers”
Major General Babar Iftikhar, Pakistan’s Army spokesperson stated, “Our Air Defense Operations Centre followed the flying object’s trajectory from the Indian territory (airspace) the origin is confirmed from Suratgarh, it later violated the Pakistani airspace and fell near Mian Chunnu, a province in Khanewal district of Punjab – Pakistan around 6.50 pm local time. Except for damaging civilian property no casualties were caused.
