Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir has shared a video on Twitter purportedly showing the Pakistan Air Force pilot who downed at least one of the Indian aircraft that violated Pakistani air space earlier in the day.

The contents of the video could not be independently verified by Dawn.com.

In the video, Squadron Leader Hassan Siddiqui can be seen chanting "Pakistan Zindabad!" with fellow PAF personnel. He is seen standing next to what seems to be a JF-17 aircraft.

"Nation is proud of our defenders!" Wazir wrote. "It's because of this power too that a stunned India now wants de-escalation."

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