The terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, has left Pakistan red-faced on the international stage.

As India launched retaliatory military strikes targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, codenamed Operation Sindoor, hitting Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad camps, Pakistani ministers scrambled to control the damage, but fumbled badly on global television.

They have been facing a storm of international embarrassment, not just over the country’s continued patronage of terrorism, but also for their gaffes on live television.

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Defence minister’s gaffe

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif made an unsubstantiated claim during an interview with CNN, asserting that Pakistan shot down five Indian jets, including Rafales, during Operation Sindoor.

When pressed for evidence, Asif pointed vaguely to “Indian social media” and images circulating online. “It is all on social media, and Indian social media, not our social media. The debris of the jets fell on their side. It is all over the Indian media,” Asif told the journalist

However, India’s Press Information Bureau quickly fact-checked and debunked the claim, revealing that the image used by Pakistani social media handles was from a 2021 IAF MiG-21 fighter jet crash in Punjab, unrelated to the current conflict.

Asif further added that while Pakistan was...

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