Pakistan said today it fired on an Indian plane that crossed into its airspace at the weekend but did not shoot it down.
Government spokesman Maj Gen Rashid Qureshi told a news briefing in Islamabad the incident occurred yesterday and that the aircraft had crossed back into Indian airspace, where it also came under Indian fire.
"It did cross . . . and it did take fire," Maj Gen Qureshi said. "It crossed back into Indian airspace. Their own troops fired at it. I think a very senior air force officer was on board".
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan are locked in a military standoff with up to a million troops facing off along their borders. The latest tension comes after New Delhi blamed Pakistan-based militants for a bloody December attack on its parliament.