The Indian Army had conducted surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the LoC on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2016.
Pakistan on Thursday rejected purported video clips circulated in the Indian media about the Indian Army's 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the border, calling India's claim as "farcical". Zee News on Wednesday showed video clips of the surgical strikes which were carried out on terror launch pads across the border in September 2016.
The Indian Army had conducted surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2016 in retaliation to the attack on Uri military base attack carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists.
Islamabad had questioned the veracity of the claims after the Army's formal announcement. Nearly one and half years after the strike, the video of the surgical strike has been accessed by Zee News. The video shows the Indian Army commandos demolishing terror launch pads.
The operation was carried out by para commandos of the 4th and 9th battalions and the terror launch pads targeted were in the range of 2 to 3 km from the LoC. The video, which was captured through cameras mounted on the helmets of the commandos and drones hovering in the sky, shows how the Indian Army destroyed seven terror launch pads.
Watch the video of surgical strikes here:
Reacting to the video, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said, I have said it before and will say it again. The farcical claims of surgical strikes is a figment of Indian imagination and nothing else! They may dream on".
Talking about the controversy regarding visit of Indian High Commissioner to a Sikh Gurdwara, he said the Sikhs have been protesting against the release of a controversial movie that has hurt their religious sentiments.
The Indian High Commission was informed about the escalated situation and the heightened anti-India sentiments of the Sikhs and agreed to cancel their visit. Any attempts to politicise the sentiments of a religious community would be regrettable and counterproductive, he said.
He said the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued visas to more than 300 Indian Sikhs to participate in their religious event and a special train was arranged by Pakistan to transport the pilgrims from Attari to Wagah.
To a question about transfer of FIA officer in-charge of the Mumbai attack probe, Mazhar-ul-Haq, he said the matter of the Mumbai trial has been ongoing for the past 10 years or so. The officers in-charge have been changed during this time, but the state functions continue uninterrupted, he claimed.
(With PTI inputs)
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