Could have responded but…: PM Imran Khan on India’s 'accidental' missile firing into Pakistan
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An unarmed Indian supersonic missile had entered Pakistani territory on March 9 evening, which India said was "fired accidentally".
New Delhi: Days after India’s "accidental firing" of a missile that landed in Pakistan's Punjab province, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday (March 13) that his country could have responded to New Delhi but it observed restraint.
Reacting to the incident for the first time, Pakistan PM said, "We could have responded after an Indian missile fell in Mian Channu but we observed restraint."
As per PTI, Khan made the remarks while addressing a public rally in Punjab's Hafizabad district on Sunday afternoon. Talking about his country's defence, he said that "we have to make our defence and country strong."
An unarmed Indian supersonic missile had entered Pakistani territory on Wednesday (March 9) evening, endangering several airliners during its flight before hitting a private property (cold storage) near Mian Channu, some 275-km from Lahore. There was no casualty reported.
India had claimed that the missile was "fired accidentally" during a routine maintenance operation because of a technical malfunction, adding that a ‘high-level court of enquiry' had been ordered into the incident.
