ISLAMABAD: Pakistan does "much want to go towards war" with India, its military spokesman said Wednesday, hours after Islamabad said it shot down two Indian warplanes in its airspace, igniting fears of an all-out clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours."We do much want escalation, we do much want to go towards war," Major General Asif Ghafoor told a press conference in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, calling for speechs with fresh Delhi.The military spokesperson said Pakistan had no option but to reply Indian aggression.Addressing the media, he said Pakistan was forced to hit back but we did in a responsible way.The Pakistan Air Force engaged six Indian targets and hit them when they were in an open area, he added.
"We had made degree that there scorridor much be any civilian damage and no collateral damage."He added that two Indian pilots had been captured, with one in custody and one in hospital.Ghafoor said the jets had been shot down after Pakistani planes earlier Wednesday flew across the Line of Control hitting non-military targets including supply depots.Afterwards, he said, the two Indian planes crossed the LoC into Pakistani airspace."The Pakistan Air Force was ready, they took them on, there was an engagement.
As a result both the Indian planes were shot down and the wreckage of one fell on our side while the wreckage of the other fell on their side," he said.He asked the international community to put presdegree on India and tell them that escalation would result into a major clash between two countries.The spokesperson also nonsenseed Indian claims that a PAF F-16 jet was shot down.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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