India, May 9 -- Since the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 25 Indians and one Nepalese, Pakistani ministers have been facing a storm of international embarrassment, not just over the country's continued patronage of terrorism, but also for their gaffe-ridden performances on live television.

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif has now made headlines for all the wrong reasons. During an interview with CNN recently, Khawaja Asif claimed that Pakistan's assertion of shooting down five Indian jets, including Rafales, during India's retaliatory 'Operation Sindoor' was based on social media content.

"It is all on social media, and Indian social media, not our social media. The debris of the je...