As we have reported earlier, a narrative is being peddled currently by Pakistanis that the Balakot that the Spokesperson of their Army referred to is, in fact, a small village within Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and not the Balakot which is in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, inside Pakistan’s territory.
Moments earlier, in the MEA briefing, it was confirmed that IAF struck Balakot deep in Pakistan territory.
In what appears to be further confirmation, a Pakistani handle tweeted that the attack did happen at Balakot is inside Pakistan’s territory and then proceeded to delete his tweet minutes before the MEA briefing.
12n. Further confirmation this was Balakot in Pakistan proper. This Pakistani handle forced to delete tweet at 7.24am that indicated location as abbotabad, then reposted the same at 8.01 without his location. Sustained effort at downplaying strike means SOMETHING HUGE happened pic.twitter.com/Vx1ZJ7Gzw5
— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) February 26, 2019
The initial tweet was made at 7.24 a.m., then in an act of apparent damage control, it was deleted and then the Pakistani establishment version of events was tweeted from the same handle.
13n this is important. Because the Balakot(e) being referred to now by @OfficialDGISPR and his paid 5th columns in India are FAR FROM ABOTTABAD. Yet the initial deleted videos in the previous tweet, geolocation is CLEARLY in abbotabad hence the Balakot closest to it. pic.twitter.com/afZXuvzgKb
— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) February 26, 2019
Even Pakistani media has accepted the fact that it did occur within Pakistani territory, even though some people on our side of the Border may be hesitant to admit that fact.
14n and the end of all speculation that the strikes were in Pakistan proper. Amazing though that Barkha and Omar were tweeting deliberate misdirection within minutes of the Pakistani DG ISPR..all they needed was 15 to 20 minutes of Twitter research. “Journalist” apparently! pic.twitter.com/Mf8PUwj9eX
— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) February 26, 2019
As we had reported earlier, the Pakistani Army has claimed that the Indian Air Force had entered Pakistani territory and reached as far as Balakot, a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Reportedly, 12 Mirage jets took part in the Operation and 1000 Kg of bombs were dropped on terror camps across the Line of Control, destroying them utterly.
