Exactly one year ago on this day at around 3am i listened fighter jets passing over my house at a very high speed, i woke up at 9am and found out that Indian jets bombed balakot area,they achieved nothing in that attack despite few trees and a crow the fact that this was the first time they crossed the loc and Kashmir area and bombed a area which is our KPK province deep inside pakistan made my blood boiling with anger.I was thinking if we don't reply this time there will be no pride left and the whole world will see pakistan as a sissy nation.
But the very next day at around 11 am after I was done with my breakfast I turned on TV few minutes later a breaking news came that PAF strikes back and shot down two indian jets. I was filled with joy and happiness but I was thinking there will be casualties on our side as well and we are still on a defensive mode but later I found out we went deep inside indian territory bombed them,and when they responded they ended up losing two jets and shot down 6 of their own. Our casualty rate was zero . Oh my God that was the moment of such a pride ,a pride for being a Pakistani and for belonging to a airforce community (father is a retired PAF officer) ,I have heard many such PAF stories of previous wars with India but seeing a live one was a different thing for me,I cannot explain that feeling in words. But worries were still there ,that insult to India was too much and everyone was speculating it's not over and India will retaliate ,next few days were tense.But India learnt her lessons well and did not date to mess with us again . That was the best attitude swift adjustment ever handed down to Indian air force. Not only that the whole world saw how incompetent they are ,acheived nothing in balakot and next day shot down six of their own.
The 23 March day was a most prideful moment for all pakistanis,we it was all over and we were victorious. Our response was actually disproportionate ,the punishment was more than India asked for.
