VIDEO: Pakistan Navy detects Indian surveillance aircraft

The Pakistan Navy detected and closely monitored an Indian Navy surveillance aircraft, the P-8I, during the night of May 4 and 5, according to media reports citing APP.

The American-made maritime patrol plane, which the Pak Navy continued to monitor, is typically used for reconnaissance missions.

Earlier, the vigilant operations of the Pakistan Navy forced the Indian aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, to retreat from near Pakistani waters.

Media outlets quoted security sources as saying that INS Vikrant had been deployed to the northern Arabian Sea on April 23 amid rising tensions between the two countries.

The latest satellite intelligence (IMINT) images show that INS Vikrant was re-moored at the Indian port of Karwar after spending several days at sea.

The deployment and subsequent withdrawal highlight the growing military power play in the region following the April 22 militant attack in Pahalgam, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which claimed 26 lives. Since then, India has been blaming Pakistan for the incident without providing any concrete evidence.