Denial and Ridicule: How Pak Media Reacted to the Surgical Strikes
Pakistan sought to play down the incident, denying that any such strikes had taken place.
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India carried out ‘surgical strikes’ on terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night, inflicting “significant casualties” on terrorists and those who are trying to support them.
The announcement of the sudden action by the Army was made today by the DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, 11 days after the terror strike by Pakistan-based terror outfit JeM on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Kashmir, over which Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the attackers will not go “unpunished” and that the sacrifice of 18 jawans will not go in vain.
Pakistan on Thursday sought to play down the incident, denying that any such strikes had taken place.
Geo News journalist Hamid Mir claimed that there were retaliation from Pakistan’s side, in a way, telling the world about the action along the LoC.
Some Pakistani journalists also reiterated Pakistani army and politicians’ denial of the surgical strikes.
#NoSurgicalStrike was trending in Pakistan.
Some journalists asked for proof of the surgical strikes.
Some questioned Indian media’s reporting and asked if this could lead to a war.
Few Twitter users tried to calm the situation and asked for a peaceful solution to the issue.
Pakistani media houses also wrote about the issue in their digital versions and tried to mock Indian media and the news.
It was good to see some light humour as well.
Pakistan has officially denied the strikes which were confirmed by the ISPR’s statement.
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