Journalist reveals how weather in Punjab, PAF patrolling destroyed Indian attack plans

Prominent journalist Mansoor Ali Khan has revealed that, according to intelligence received by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), India was set to carry out a misadventure against Pakistan between the night of Thursday and Friday.

“Pakistan Air Force received information that India was going to launch a misadventure against Pakistan at 2:30 am (Friday),” the journalist disclosed on his YouTube channel on Friday.

Detailing on the aversion of the potential misadventure, Mansoor said that on the same night, the weather across the entire area, including the Punjab belt, suddenly deteriorated. “I don’t know whether it was divine help,” he said.

He further argued that the misadventure might have been averted as “severe patrolling was ongoing” in the Gilgit-Baltistan region that night.

Regarding claims that the danger of war has faded, the journalist said that nearly 50 fighter jets, including MiG-21s and German-made Rafales, are stationed near the border in India.

“At one point, 40 to 50 Pakistani fighter jets were also in the air, patrolling simultaneously,” he added, highlighting the escalating tensions.

He further stated that Pakistan’s radar system and satellite coverage are so strong that all the Indian airports near the border, including Srinagar, fall within their surveillance range.

Without revealing the name, he concluded that information regarding the potential Indian misadventure had also come from an “ally”.

Mansoor also dismissed claims that on April 29, Indian fighter jets were patrolling near Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for 22 minutes, noting that their communication systems were jammed for five minutes.

Earlier, APP quoted security sources as reporting that the PAF had detected four Indian Rafale fighter jets patrolling near the Line of Control (LoC) late Tuesday night, forcing them to retreat after a coordinated response.

“On the night of April 29/30, four Indian Rafale jets conducted patrolling within Indian geographical boundaries over IIOJK,” APP reported, quoting security sources.

Following an attack in Pahalgam, in held Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists, tensions surged between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

On April 23, India unilaterally suspended the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a critical water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank, which had held steady through numerous conflicts between the two countries.

India has suggested that cross-border links may have been involved in the attack, although it has not provided concrete evidence. In contrast, Pakistan has strongly denied any involvement.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for an independent and transparent investigation into the incident to determine the truth.