Paris, Nov. 23 -- The French Navy has sharply criticised a Pakistan-based media outlet for publishing "misinformation and disinformation" about India's Operation Sindoor on Pakistan-sponsored terrorist sites in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu Kashmir in April this year, which killed 26 civilians.

The clarification came after Islamabad's Geo TV outlet published on its website an article on November 21 claiming that a French naval commander had confirmed Pakistan's air superiority and that Indian Rafale jets were shot down during the border skirmishes

The Navy said the report not only misquoted French officers but even published the wrong name, referring to the officer as "Jacques Launay" instead of his real name, Captain ...