India, Sept. 26 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday claimed that Pakistani fighter jets "turned 7 Indian jets into scrap" during Operation Sindoor.

Sharif praised his country's air force, referring to its pilots as "falcons" who had taken flight and destroyed the Indian aircraft.

"Our falcons took flight and turned 7 Indian jets into scrap," Sharif said at the UN General Assembly.

Pakistan often claimed it had shot down five Indian Air Force jets, but these assertions have been repeatedly dismissed by India as "baseless," with no evidence provided by Pakistan to support the claims.

Operation Sindoor was a military operation launched by India on May 7, 2025, in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which claimed 26...