India's minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj had taken cognisance of the issue earlier and had asked the Indian High Commission in Pakistan for a detailed report of the incident.
Sushma Swaraj's move to seek details of the Incident had agitated quite a few people in Pakistan, including their Information and Broadcasting minister Ch Fawad Hussain, who saw it as an intervention in Pakistan's internal matters.
Pakistan has continued to maintain that Indian bombs had destroyed nothing but a few trees in the region during the airstrikes at Balakot. It was even considering registering a complaint against India at the UN for 'eco-terrorism'.