Pak jets fly by Siachen; IAF sees no violation

Islamabad, May 24

Pakistan fighter jets flew near Siachen Glacier today, a media report said, but sources in the Indian Air Force asserted there was no violation of India’s air space.

Edit: Indo-Pak video war

The Pakistan Air Force fighter jets flew close to Siachen Glacier this morning, Samaa TV reported. The report said all of PAF’s forward bases had been made fully operational and the Mirage jets were part of exercises carried out in connection with the move.

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In New Delhi, IAF sources said India’s air space had not been violated.

The report comes a day after the Indian Army announced it carried out “punitive fire assaults” on Pakistani positions across the Line of Control earlier this month.

Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman visited the forward airbase in Skardu today and flew a Mirage jet as a fighter squadron carried out high and low altitude flying.

He warned that his forces would respond to any aggression by the “enemy” in a manner that their “future generations would also remember”.

The glacier, in the eastern Karakoram range  where the LoC ends, is considered the highest battleground. — PTI