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The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday confirmed the downing of an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Balochistan's Panjgur area along the Pakistan-Iran border on Wednesday.
"The drone was hit by [the] Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as it was unidentified and was flying at around 3-4 kilometres inside Pakistani territory," the FO said.
The FO statement added that Islamabad had notified Tehran of the development.
"Pakistan has already shared the information about striking down of this drone with the Iranian authorities, indicating that the drone was struck down by our security forces as it was unmarked and there was no prior information about its flight," the FO said.
Official sources on condition of anonymity had confirmed on Tuesday that a JF-17 Thunder had shot down an Iranian drone which had ventured "deep inside Pakistani airspace" allegedly on a spying mission.
Security forces took custody of the debris after discovering the wreckage on Monday, but it is still unclear when the drone was shot down.
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Jun 21, 2017 09:47pm
Y it was not send back
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Jun 21, 2017 09:49pm
JF 17 draws its first blood; congratulations
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Jun 21, 2017 09:52pm
nice work pakistan zinda baad
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Jun 21, 2017 09:53pm
Iran and Pakistan must resolve all security issues amicabily and in brotherly fashion. Keeping in view the present regional unstable situation any of the two can not afford any misadventures.
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Jun 21, 2017 09:54pm
I wish the first victim of JF 17 could be US drone.
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Jun 21, 2017 09:54pm
Why same treatment not given to US drones ?
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Jun 21, 2017 09:54pm
Hopefully they will also shout u.s drone
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Jun 21, 2017 10:07pm
@Jaffer sheriff You want to careful with someone who could come inside the country by a couple hundred kilometers deep and leave taking a body and a few more things without you noticing it. Or if it wasn't so, and we staged that together, then you don't need another explanation.
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Jun 21, 2017 10:19pm
Great work by PAF!!
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Jun 21, 2017 10:42pm
JF-17 THUNDER hunt down it first prey. Congrats
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Jun 21, 2017 10:43pm
Weldone PAF
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Jun 21, 2017 10:52pm
Nice
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Jun 21, 2017 11:16pm
@Malik Haider Very smart Haider
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Jun 21, 2017 11:38pm
If true good work PAF.
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Jun 22, 2017 12:26am
First the ICC cricket match and then this. Well done.
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Jun 22, 2017 12:49am
Guess Pakistan is not having good relationship with any of its neighbours
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Jun 22, 2017 12:55am
@Khurshid apologetic comments! Are we attacking them? How could you blame pak be pakistani on this issue and stand with pakistan
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Jun 22, 2017 12:58am
Iran needs to get its act togather. Last thing it wants is to risk pakistans ire. Specially after entire Arab world is up against it. Pakistan is its only bridge to them and peace.
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Jun 22, 2017 01:14am
What about US drones operating from Afghanistan killing innocent Pakistanis?
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Jun 22, 2017 01:20am
@Malik Haider when a thief intrude in your house do you send him back politely or handover him to police.
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Jun 22, 2017 01:37am
PAF well done for honouring our sovereignty.
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Jun 22, 2017 01:42am
@Jaffer sheriff Because Pakistan cannot afford the consequences of US reaction.
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Jun 22, 2017 01:47am
Shooting down unmanned, unarmed drone is not an achievement. Pakistan should be careful about its relations with Iran.
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Jun 22, 2017 04:16am
Great going.
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Jun 22, 2017 04:17am
@Shahid manzoor ... JF-17 has been successfully deployed for combat operations along the Afghan border, striking at terrorist movements and hidden mountain bases. This unmarked drone may have flown from Iran, but could be Indian? Just as Indian Navy Commander Jadav was using Iran's territory for launching terrorist
missions in Pakistan, without the knowledge of Iran's government?
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Jun 22, 2017 04:39am
@Shahzad You know what happens next...................
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Jun 22, 2017 05:04am
Good job, PAF.
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Jun 22, 2017 05:05am
Un manned drones are no match to manned jet flights. Pakistan and Iran need to talk and coordinate activities against terrorists supported by the oil rich kingdoms.
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Jun 22, 2017 05:16am
@Malik Haider Bhai its mentioned that done was unmarked also you cannot communicate a drone without a pilot
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Jun 22, 2017 05:20am
Iran is out of its mind... Well done PAF
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Jun 22, 2017 05:24am
Iran and pakistan both are neighbouring and muslim countries. Must solve their disputes with mutual understanding. America and others want to bring them on toes.
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Jun 22, 2017 05:32am
Alhamdolila.
Pakistan zindabad
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Jun 22, 2017 05:34am
Pakistan has been kick started to a new era and it has all started with one sporting win. Pakistan needs to change its old ways and start a new. However, this can only be achieved by the right leadership as demonstrated by Sarfraz.
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Jun 22, 2017 06:26am
Its a routine procedure. Good job!
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Jun 22, 2017 08:21am
@Baidar To shoot an USA drone requires courage.
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Jun 22, 2017 08:45am
@Malik Haider : Your next question would be Y it was not asked to land safely? It was an unmanned vehicle, and there is no mechanism to communicate with or tell it to go back. Further, there were no identification on the outside of the vehicle. Pakistan did the right thing, Iran or no Iran.
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Jun 22, 2017 09:02am
We were told yesterday, we 'had shot down an Iranian drone which had ventured "deep inside Pakistani airspace" allegedly on a spying mission'; and
Today we are told "the drone was hit by PAF as it was flying at around 3-4 kilometres inside Pakistani."
But we never detect and hit a US drone even if it is hundreds of kilometre inside our territory.
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Jun 22, 2017 10:26am
Why only shoot down Iranian spy drone but not US spy drone?
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Jun 22, 2017 11:46am
I am wondering, why Iran is involving in Balochistan.
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Jun 23, 2017 04:52am
Very good work of PAF.l really like it.
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Jun 24, 2017 04:15pm
@ME for answers to that I recommend you start studying and reading. Start off by research papers from FCCG or other scholars!
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