Pakistan has responded to India in broad daylight: FM Qureshi

After Pakistan shot down two Indian jets in Pakistan on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan already warned India that it will respond to its violation and now it has responded.

The foreign minister said Pakistan has responded in broad day light and demonstrated its right to self-defence. He said that India still has time to get into their senses, as it is never Pakistan's intention of escalation. Escalation is not our choice and will never be our choice. We are a peaceful nation," he said, adding that India had started its aggression. Whereas, Pakistan had reiterated its call for dialogues. He said that the whole nation is united and every child is standing by the Army and Kashmiris.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement after PAF shot down Indian jets. "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."

The statement said that if India is striking at so called terrorist backers without a shred of evidence, Pakistan also retain reciprocal rights to retaliate against elements that enjoy Indian patronage while carrying out acts of terror in Pakistan.