New Delhi, May 9 -- Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is facing online ridicule after giving a bizarre reason for not shooting down India's drones. Asif claimed that Pakistan refrained from gunning down Indian drones during Operation Sindoor to avoid revealing sensitive locations.

The statement contradicts the Pakistan Army's earlier claim that it had gunned down Indian drones.

"The drone attack was planned to detect our locations. It's a technical thing that I cannot properly explain. We did not intercept them because we did not want to disclose our locations," he said.

Many found it ironic, as the drone was allowed to fly freely. India's Operation Sindoor, carried out on May 7, targeted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan...