Karachi: The Pakistan Navy claimed Tuesday it had thwarted an attempt by an Indian submarine to enter the country’s territorial waters.
Pakistan Navy also shared a footage with the media, which it said was ‘actual’. The image showed that footage was made at 20.35 hours, March 4.
“The Pakistan Navy used its specialised skills to ward off the submarine, successfully keeping it from entering Pakistani waters,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “The Indian submarine was not targeted keeping in view Pakistan’s policy of peace,” the official stated, adding that India must learn from this incident and ‘move towards peace’.
“The Pakistan Navy is always ready to guard its territorial waters and is capable of responding to any kind of aggression with full force,” the Pak Navy stated in another statement.
The Pak naval forces claimed it was the second attempt since November 2016 that naval forces have caught the Indian Navy trying to enter the country’s territorial waters.
After the Pulwama attack, the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a counter-terror operation, hitting what it said was a JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan, February 26.
The next day, Pakistan Air Force retaliated and downed a MiG-21 and captured its pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who was handed over to India, Friday.
PTI