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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Surprise Day proved that Pakistan has better defence capability.
While commenting on the defence day, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that by shooting down the Indian planes showed how strong our defence was.
The foreign minister said that Pakistanis had always stood with their armed forces to face any aggression.
This day would always be remembered in the country’s history as our brave air force wrote history by downing two fighter jets of India.
On 27th February last year, Pakistan and India fought in an aerial dogfight after two Indian jets violated the airspace of Pakistan on Line Of Control (LoC) and in return, Pakistan shot down its two Indian jets.
During that operation, the Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was also arrested by the forces after his Mig-21 was shot down. The pilot was later handed over to Indian authorities as a goodwill gesture.
In this victory achieved by Pakistan, the government named this day the surprise day to remember the achievement against India.
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