Fri May 09 08:00:00 UTC 2025: ## Pakistan’s Claim of Shooting Down Indian Jets Questioned Amidst Political Upheaval
**Islamabad, May 8, 2025** – Tensions between India and Pakistan are escalating, coinciding with a political storm brewing within Pakistan itself. Aleema Khan, sister of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has vehemently challenged the government’s claim of shooting down five Indian fighter jets, calling it a “pack of lies.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had previously announced to the National Assembly that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) downed five Indian aircraft during an alleged attack involving 80 Indian planes. However, Aleema Khan questioned the veracity of this claim, pointing to the fact that Indian drones have reportedly reached Rawalpindi, implying a failure of Pakistan’s air defenses. In a viral video, she questioned how the PAF could shoot down Indian jets while seemingly failing to intercept drones penetrating deep into Pakistani territory.
Aleema Khan accused the Shehbaz Sharif government, specifically naming Nawaz Sharif as well, of deliberately creating a war-like situation to deflect attention from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and suppress dissent. She linked this alleged strategy to the second anniversary of the May 9 riots, which followed Imran Khan’s arrest. She suggested the government’s claims are a propaganda tactic to discredit the PTI. The conflicting narratives have intensified political tensions within Pakistan amid the already heightened India-Pakistan border standoff.
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