UPDATES WITH STATEMENT BY PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY; INDIAN MEDIA REPORT</p> <p> </p> <p>By Islamuddin Sajid and Aamir Latif</p> <p> </p> <p>ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan army on Wednesday claimed that the country’s air force have shot down two Indian fighter jets that crossed into Pakistani territory.</p> <p>"IAF [Indian Air Force] crossed LOC [Line of Control], PAF [Pakistan Air Force] shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace. One of the aircraft fell inside AJ&K while other fell inside IOK," Maj, Gen. Asif Ghafoor, Pakistan army spokesman, said in a Twitter post. </p> <p>"One Indian pilot arrested by troops on ground while two in the area," he added.</p> <p> </p> <p>Earlier, in a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan Air Force undertook strikes across Line of Control from within Pakistani airspace.</p> <p> </p> <p>"This was not a retaliation to continued Indian belligerence. Pakistan has taken strikes at non-military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage," the statement said. </p> <p> </p> <p>“We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm,” it added. </p> <p> </p> <p>The statement explained that Pakistan undertook the action with “clear warning and in broad daylight.”</p> <p> </p> <p>"For the last few years, India has been trying to establish what they call “a new normal” a thinly veiled term for doing acts of aggression at whatever pretext they wish on a given day," it said.</p> <p> </p> <p>“If India is striking at so called terrorist backers without a shred of evidence, we also retain reciprocal rights to retaliate against elements that enjoy Indian patronage while carrying out acts of terror in Pakistan,” the Foreign Ministry warned.</p> <p> </p> <p>However, it said that they do not wish to go to that route and wish that India gives peace a chance and to resolve issues like a mature democratic nation.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Indian Today, a broadcaster, claimed in a report that Indian forces have shot down a Pakistani F-16 that “violated Indian airspace”.</p> <p>The tension between the two nuclear neighbors has raised after Indian jets intruded into Pakistan's airspace on early Tuesday.</p> <p>India had claimed that “several terrorists” were killed in preemptive action on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp inside Pakistan. </p> <p>The Pakistani civil and military officials have rejected the claim.
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