Blackout in Karachi as Pakistan fears Balakot 2.0

Ever since Balakot airstrike, Pakistan has become fearful of another action by the Indian Armed Forces inside their territory. This was evident when locals in Karachi mistook Pakistan Air Force jets to be Indian Air Force ones patrolling the area. Due to this, local authorities in Pakistan have enforced a “blackout” in Karachi.

Various social media users in Pakistan took to Twitter express their fear over another Indian Air Force action inside Pakistan.

Indian authorities have denied any such incident along the Pakistan border. Pakistan Armed Forces too has remained tight-lipped over the issue and its propaganda arm ISPR is yet to put any official statement over rumours of Indian Air Force jets crossing the LoC.

Few Pakistani journalists have clarified on twitter that it was actually PAF jets that was patrolling the Karachi area. One journalist named Kazmi said that it was after 27th Feb 2019 the night of Balakot airstrike, he was hearing PAF jets patrolling the sky and hoped that situation was not serious.

Meanwhile Indian twitter users shared some hilarious reactions. Here is a look at some of them.