‘Do you feel the thunder?’: PTV’s new Pakistan Air Force video will give you goosebumps

As Pakistanis continue to troll Indians and heap praises at the country’s armed forces for a befitting response to Indian aggression, state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) has also posted quite the video edit of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) visuals on the hit Imagine Dragons song ‘Thunder’.

According to the details, the video was uploaded to the official X account of PTV News shortly after the ceasefire, mediated by the United States (US), between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

While US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire in a post on his social media accounts and Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed hope it would result in lasting peace, PTV posted the edit, captioning it, “Tribute to the Pakistan Air Force. Thunder lightening.”

The 46-second video showed PAF pilots demonstrating aerial skills of Pakistan’s top jets, the JF-17 Thunder and the Chinese-made 4.5 generation J-10C. “India felt the thunder… Do you wanna feel the thunder?” read the text in the video.

While people in Pakistan were already feeling on top of the world with the armed forces’ decisive strikes, the move by the state-run channel, which is usually criticised for “not being in the know of modern trends”, left netizens continuing to cheer.

Social media users flooded the comment section as a number of them praised the choice of the song. “Imagine Dragons wrote this song for our warriors,” said one user.

“Allah nazr-e-bad se bachaye [May Allah protect from evil eye], they are our pride & joy,” wrote another.

A third user wrote, “Feel the Thunder! ahhhh goosebumps. Our pride, PAF Share this 1000 times.”

“PTV using Imagine Dragons wasn’t on my bingo card but I am so HERE for it,” read another comment.

It merits a mention that PAF, while acting swiftly during the night of May 6 and May 7 against Indian aggression, shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets, including one Su-30, one Mig-29 Fulcrum and three western hardcore-proven 4.5 generation Rafales.

That, however, wasn’t all that was achieved as the PAF, in coordination with other branches of the military, also contributed to Operation Bunyan Un Marsoos a day later, forcing India to seek foreign intervention for ceasefire.