'Aurangzeb Ahmed PAF’ is top search on Google by Pakistanis

India Today has published the list of the most searched words on Google by Pakistanis and Indians amid military escalation, with Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Aurangzeb Ahmed emerging as one of the most searched topics in Pakistan.

The search trends, recorded from May 7 to May 12, reveal that “Ceasefire meaning” topped the list with over 10 million searches in India. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, "Rafale Jet" and "Aurangzeb Ahmed PAF" led the charts with nearly 200,000 searches.

AVM Aurangzeb Ahmed has become widely popular among youth in Pakistan owing to his calm, humour and charming personality. As the spokesperson of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), he had been explaining the operational details that Pakistan carried out against Indian aggression during the conflict.

During press conferences, he sometimes respectfully cracked jokes at his Indian counterparts. 

One of his most widely shared moments on social media features him saying: “I will pick up from where I left, day before yesterday, PAF vs IAF, 6-nil,” alluding to the PAF shooting down five Indian fighter aircraft, including three Rafales, one Su-30, one MiG-29, and one combat drone.

In India, “Operation Sindoor” and “Mock Drill” were the second and third most searched terms with five million and one million searches, respectively. However, in Pakistan, “Islamabad Airport” ranked third with 100,000 searches.

India's Operation Sindoor was orchestrated on the night between May 6 and May 7, followed by Pakistan shooting down their fighter jets. India claimed that the action was in response to a militants' attack in Pahalgam in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which killed 26 people, including a Nepalese national.

However, Pakistan has maintained that dozens of innocent civilians were martyred in Indian aggression.

“IMF”, “DGMO”, “Flight Radar 24” and “S-400” were searched 500,000 times in India. On the Pakistani side, people were looking up “JF-17 Thunder” and “DG ISPR,” both searched for 50,000 times, and the words “Dassault Aviation share price” and “Shivangi Singh” were searched 20,000 times in Pakistan. 

The DGMO (Director General Military Operations) is a high-ranking army officer in charge of military planning and border operations.

DGMO is responsible for planning and overseeing military operations, including combat missions and counter-terrorism efforts. Ensuring that the armed forces remain prepared for any operation is a key part of the job.