Hamid Mir says not picking up desperate Indian journalists’ calls

Prominent journalist and television analyst Hamid Mir on Wednesday said that the tone of Indian media has shifted following the news that Pakistan shot down five of their fighter jets.

In a press briefing on Wednesday morning, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that Pakistan shot down the five Indian jets, including three Rafales, one Su-30 and one Mig-29.

According to DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif, during the intervening night between May 6 and May 7, India launched 24 attacks on six different places on Pakistani soil. The attack has left 31 innocent civilians martyred and dozens wounded.

“Prominent Indian news channels and journalists who were not attending our call four to five days ago for information exchange, now they are calling in the middle of the day.  I’m not receiving their call now,” Mir said while appearing on a private media outlet.

He further said that Indian journalists have now messaged him, asking him to spare some time for them. “A reputed Indian newspaper has sent a request to me asking to write a short piece of 600 words for them.”

“If challenged, I can show the proofs of Indian journalists approaching me,” he said, adding that the same people who were loud before the jets were shit down, have now gone silent.

The journalist’s response followed the host's question about a change in the attitude of Indian media, which had earlier been boasting about entering the neighbour's home ground and taking them out.

 
Hours after militants attacked tourists in Pahalgam in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), killing 26 people, Indian media, without having concrete evidence, began accusing Pakistan of orchestrating the attack. Pakistan has strongly denied the accusations and offered a neutral and transparent investigation into the matter.

The National Security Council's (NSC) meeting clarified that in consonance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, Pakistan reserved the right to respond in self-defence at a time, place, and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of civilian lives and “blatant violation of its sovereignty," a press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today (Wednesday) has said. 

The forum, convened under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif, offered fateha for the souls of the innocent civilians martyred in India’s strikes, extended its heartfelt condolences to the near ones of the martyrs, and wished speedy recovery for the injured, said the statement.

The statement further said, “The Armed Forces of Pakistan, in line with the exercise of the right of self-defense and response framework outlined in NSC statement dated 22 April 2025, resolutely defended the territorial integrity of Pakistan, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir, against the Indian aggression, while also bringing down five Indian fighter aircrafts and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the process.”