Pakistan celebrates Surprise Day.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan is celebrating Surprise Day today on the occasion of second anniversary of Operation Swift Retort, to pay tribute to valiant Shaheens' for their brave defence of the motherland while retaliating to Indian Air Force violation of its sovereign territories on February 27, 2019.

The celebration ceremony of Surprise Day will be held at PAF Headquarters in Islamabad that will be telecasted live across all media channels.

The Operation Swift Retort was a rapid response to Indian Air Force strike in Balakot obliterating Pakistan's airspace that had merely harmed a few trees and a wild crow.

The PAF had shot down two Indian fighter jets namely MiG-21 and Su-30 where the former pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was caught by Pakistan Army after his safe ejection and falling into the Pakistani side of the line of control.

The day of February 27, 2019 will be remembered in the history of Pakistan and its Air Force for swiftly retorting to a failed Indian Air Force (IAF) surgical strike at Balakot.

The enemy tried to strike inside Pakistan but Pakistan Air Force (PAF) gave India a bloody nose and badly bruised Indian ego as well. From successfully hitting two Indian planes to capturing Indian pilot Abhinandan, it has been two years since the Operation Swift Retort.

It may be recalled that on February 14, 2019, in a false flag operation, 40 Indian CPRF personnel were killed at Pulwama - a fact inadvertently confessed by Indian extremist TV anchor Arnab Goswami. Blaming Pakistan for the alleged attack, India launched a surgical strike on the night of February 26 but in their panic and fear of being intercepted by the PAF fighters, the Indian pilots dumped...

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