External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Ravesh Kumar said Qureshi's comments are a "public gimmick" that appear to be "a call to Pakistan-based terrorists to undertake a terror attack in India".
"During the aerial engagement, one MiG 21 Bison of the IAF shot down an F-16 in Nowshera sector," the IAF said in a statement.
The strike which came within the fortnight of Pulwama terror attack on CRPF envoy in Jammu and Kashmir has become a matter of speculation. But today India TV has details which will put all speculations to rest.
Giving the possible reasons of why Pak Army chose to break the news of IAF strike on its soil, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said they were possibly trying to twist the narrative and avoid international scrutiny of destroyed terror camps.
"I think Pakistani channels will give them TRPs and in India they will bear the brunt of people's anger," the Union minister said.
The source-based information about the "evidence" comes in the backdrop of a report by a foreign news agency claiming that satellite images of the Jaish-e-Mohammad Madrasa in Balakot showed the facility is still intact and buildings are standing.
“If one work gets over, our government doesn’t sleep, but gets ready for another,” Modi said, in a veiled reference to the February 26 air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan.
In an opinion poll conducted by India TV-CNX in 27 Parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh between March 1-3, the majority clearly did not approve of the demand to present evidences of air strikes by IAF on terror camps in Pakistan.
NTRO, a technical intelligence agency, had found 300 mobile phones active at the facility, giving a clear indication of the total number of inmates housed there, sources told news agency ANI on Monday.
Sixty-two per cent respondents in the India TV-CNX opinion poll backed war with Pakistan to end the dispute, while 25.79 per cent felt that government should continue to strategically target terror camps across the border.
A whopping 91.78 pc respondents said Abhinandan's release within two days was a big diplomatic victory for India, while 2.25 pc said "No". The remaining 5.97 pc had no opinion.
To gauge the mood of the nation after the IAF strike, CNX, a Delhi based research and survey agency has conducted a series of Opinion Polls for IndiaTV.
"Pakistan smiled only after the press conferences of the opposition leaders where they raised questions on the courage of the armed forces," Shah claimed.
Revealing the details of the IAF strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Khyber Pashtun region on February 26, the Air Vice Marshal said that there was credible evidence that we destroyed target in strike on JeM camp.
Earlier, Pakistan had dismissed India's claims about a successful IAF raid on JeM terror camp in Balakot on February 26.
On his return journey, the second-generation IAF pilot will be accompanied by India's air attache to Pakistan Group Captain JD Kurian, sources have said.
In the evening India erupted in joy when Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan announced that Abhinandan will be released on Friday as a "gesture of peace".
They asserted that there was no question of any deal on the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
In the wake of IAF strike on Pakistan, Burger Singh sent a message to its customers to celebrate it with a special promotional discount.
The two days of India- Pakistan power play and the official position till now.
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