Summary Pakistan marks one year of Maarka-e-Haq against India with fresh information about Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A senior Pakistan Air Force officer has shared that eight Indian aircraft were shot down during Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, as Pakistan marks one year since “Maarka-e-Haq”.
During a press conference in Rawalpindi, Deputy Chief of Air Staff Projects Air Vice Marshal Tariq Ghazi said the Pakistan Air Force had achieved what he described as an “8-0” score against India during the operation.
“We shot down eight Indian aircraft during Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos and now we are 8-0,” Tariq Ghazi said during the briefing alongside Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry.
According to the air vice marshal, the Indian aircraft destroyed included four Rafale fighter jets, one Sukhoi Su-30, one MiG-29 and one Mirage 2000. He also informed that Pakistan had destroyed an “extremely expensive multi-role unmanned aerial system”.
The press conference was held to mark the first anniversary of Maarka-e-Haq, with military officers using the occasion to highlight Pakistan’s operational readiness and discuss the future of warfare.
Air Vice Marshal Tariq Ghazi said the Pakistan Air Force was continuing preparations for future conflicts and praised the morale of Pakistani pilots. He said pilots entering combat missions did so without fear, adding that they viewed martyrdom as an honour.
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Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry also addressed the media, saying Pakistan had defeated an enemy “five times larger” in what he described as a “multi-domain war”.
“This is something not only Pakistani children know, but Indian children know as well, even if they do not admit it,” he said.
The ISPR chief maintained India was promoting a misleading narrative about terrorism while being was involved in destabilising activities. He further criticised India’s policies in Kashmir and Manipur, accusing New Delhi of committing abuses against local populations.
The military spokesman also revisited the Pahalgam incident, saying that questions raised by Pakistan a year ago still remained unanswered. He questioned who was responsible for carrying out the incident and asked India to identify the alleged militant camps it had claimed to target.
He also criticised the speed with which Indian authorities had registered a case after the attack, saying Indian officials had alleged within 15 minutes that the attackers had crossed the border from Pakistan.
“If their intelligence agencies are so capable, how could they fail to stop people allegedly travelling hundreds of kilometres inside their territory?” he said.
