Pakistan marks 2nd anniversary of 'Operation Swift Retort' befittingly.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Saturday celebrated the second anniversary of the 'Operation Swift Retort' that its brave air force had launched against intruding Indian jets in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on February 27, 2019, shooting down the adversary's aircraft and arresting a pilot.

The main ceremony was held at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) headquarters here, which was telecast live by all media channels besides airing documentaries based on the whole episode starting from the Pulwama incident to shooting down of two Indian aircraft, arrest and release of the captured pilot Abhinandan as a goodwill gesture by Pakistan.

The television channels screened that how India showed aggression against Pakistan after the Pulwama incident, committed airspace violation and made a false claim of an airstrike.

The documentaries also carried the details that how the fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) engaged the invading aircraft of India on February 26, 2019, which fled back and dropped their payload in panic.

The next day, the PAF jets not only engaged the Indian aircraft on the violation of the airspace but also downed two of them, proving the Pakistan claim correct that the response of aggression would be 'unusual, exclusive and stunning.'

February 27, 2021 was marked as the 'Surprise Day' to pay tribute to the valiant Shaheens for their heroic defence of the motherland while retaliating to Indian Air Force (IAF) violation of its sovereign territories on a momentous day.

President Dr Arif Alvi said Pakistan's desire to maintain peace in the region must not be taken as its weakness.

"Will for peace is our strength, never consider it our weakness," the President said in a tweet, saluting to the country's valiant armed forces for making unsuccessful the Indian attempt of violating Pakistan's airspace.

"Downing an Indian plane in our territory, we showed our resolve and superiority against all aggressors," he said, adding Pakistan wanted peace, but not at the cost of sacrificing the brutalized people of Kashmir.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan always stood for peace and remained ready to move forward to resolve all outstanding issues with India through dialogue.

He congratulated the nation and saluted the armed forces on the second anniversary of the country's response to India's illegal, reckless military strikes against Pakistan.

"As a proud and confident nation, we responded with determined resolve at a time and place of our choosing," he said...