Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
The Indian Army destroyed 8 major Air Force bases of Pakistan on Saturday morning. These include Rafiki, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sakkar, Chuniya, Sialkot and Pasroor’s Radar site. Indian Air Force jets destroyed these bases by demolishing the precision guided bombs from the sky. It was kept in mind that the nearby civilian population was minimized. Army Colonel Sophia Qureshi said that the hideouts in Pakistan, which were mainly involved in technical infrastructure, control center, radar sites and weapons, were included. Earlier, the Pakistani Air Force attacked 26 locations in India at night. These include the Indian Air Force Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur and Bhuj air military bases. The Indian Army spokesperson showed pictures that all these air bases suffered very little damage and no loss of life and property.
On the other hand, the spokesperson said that the Pakistani army damaged hospitals and schools built in the Indian Air Force bases. These hideouts are in Srinagar, Avantipora and Udhampur. The Pakistani army attacked Punjab with a high speed missile at 1:40 pm after midnight. The Pakistani army performed heavy shells in Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir. Rajauri Additional Deputy Commissioner Raj Kumar Thapa died in shelling and two of his assistants were seriously injured. Many civilians were injured in Pakistani drone attacks in Ferozepur and Jalandhar in Punjab. In Delhi on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the Defense Minister, National Security Advisor and sitting with heads of the three armies. The US Secretary of State spoke to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir over the phone and said that the two countries should end tension.
India has clearly stated that Pakistan is the first responsibility to end tension, which first carried out India attacks with drones and missiles. Political leaders in Pakistan do not matter because all major decisions are made by Army Chief General Asim Munir. These Asim Munir will decide when the shelling in Jammu and Kashmir should be stopped and drones and missile attacks should be stopped on the western border. The people of Pakistan have come to know the truth, even though Pakistan’s army kept claiming that it has caused a lot of damage to the Indian Army, but the ground situation is completely different. Pakistan’s air defense system has completely collapsed and has failed to stop India’s attacks. On Saturday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri showed pictures and said that the Indian Air Force Air Base has not suffered any significant damage from the Pakistani drone attacks. On Saturday, China also asked Pakistan to work with restraint and eliminate stress. Now the ball is in Pakistan’s court and Pakistan’s Army Chief has to decide what to do. At this time, Pakistan is completely isolated in the world and it is not getting any support from America, China and West Asian countries. Asim Munir has the same option: stop the attack, otherwise defeat.
Pakistan’s propaganda factory: India reveals false claims
On Friday and Saturday, the Government of India exposed all the false claims of the Pakistani propaganda factory. Pakistan on Saturday claimed that India’s women’s pilot squadron leader Shivangi Singh was arrested after the Rafale aircraft fell in Kotli in Pakistan -occupied Kashmir. The Government of India immediately termed the claim as false. India clearly stated that no female pilot has been arrested. All the social media handles of Pakistan are engaged in serving lies these days. Sometimes it reports that Rafael and Sukhoi aircraft were killed, sometimes it is being claimed that the Indian pilots were caught. Pakistan’s TV media is beating these false claims with great fervor. Most of these videos and pictures are either old or fake.
On Friday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told how Pakistan is trying to create communal disharmony in India by making false allegations. Pakistan had claimed that the Indian Air Force had tried to target Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. Vikram Misri called it a “fantasy filled with insanity”. Misri said that the truth is that the Pakistani army opened fire on the Indian gurdwara in Poonch in which many Sikhs including a ragi lost their lives. Similarly, Pakistani soldiers also opened fire on a Christian missionary school in which many students were injured. Pakistan is losing in this drone and missile war and its air defense system has collapsed badly. That is why Pakistan is running a propaganda fructory of lies to mislead people in India. We all should be cautious and such false claims should not be forwarded on social media at all. (Rajat Sharma)
See: ‘Today’s talkFull episode of April 09, 2025 with Rajat Sharma