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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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Y it was not send back
JF 17 draws its first blood; congratulations
nice work pakistan zinda baad
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.
I wish the first victim of JF 17 could be US drone.
Why same treatment not given to US drones ?
Hopefully they will also shout u.s drone
@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.
Great work by PAF!!
JF-17 THUNDER hunt down it first prey. Congrats
Weldone PAF
Nice
@Malik Haider Very smart Haider
If true good work PAF.
First the ICC cricket match and then this. Well done.
Guess Pakistan is not having good relationship with any of its neighbours
@Khurshid apologetic comments! Are we attacking them? How could you blame pak be pakistani on this issue and stand with pakistan
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.
What about US drones operating from Afghanistan killing innocent Pakistanis?
@Malik Haider when a thief intrude in your house do you send him back politely or handover him to police.
PAF well done for honouring our sovereignty.
@Jaffer sheriff Because Pakistan cannot afford the consequences of US reaction.
Shooting down unmanned, unarmed drone is not an achievement. Pakistan should be careful about its relations with Iran.
Great going.
@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?
@Shahzad You know what happens next...................
Good job, PAF.
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.
@Malik Haider Bhai its mentioned that done was unmarked also you cannot communicate a drone without a pilot
Iran is out of its mind... Well done PAF
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.
Alhamdolila. Pakistan zindabad
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.
Its a routine procedure. Good job!
@Baidar To shoot an USA drone requires courage.
@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.
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.
Why only shoot down Iranian spy drone but not US spy drone?
I am wondering, why Iran is involving in Balochistan.
Very good work of PAF.l really like it.
@ME for answers to that I recommend you start studying and reading. Start off by research papers from FCCG or other scholars!