Pakistan, May 22 -- Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has claimed that Pakistan avenged its 1971 defeat by delivering a significant blow to India during the recent military conflict. Speaking in Muzaffarabad, where he distributed cheques to the families of martyrs from Indian aggression, he emphasized that the four-day war could have escalated but Pakistan managed to teach India a lesson. He said that the recent conflict was a powerful response to India's past actions.

Sharif criticized India's baseless accusations against Pakistan after the Pahalgam incident and stressed that Pakistan exposed these false claims internationally. He also pointed out that despite Indian provocations, Pakistan did not target civilians. Instead, the Pakistani mi...