While I was writing this article, news came that the air force of my country has retaliated against the violation of my country’s airspace by IAF a day prior. Media outlets across Pakistan reported that PAF has shot down two Indian jets, and one pilot has been taken captive by Pakistan’s armed forces.
Coincidentally, I had just attended a workshop on ‘war journalism’ being conducted in an educational institute of Lahore. My initial reaction was to laud my country’s air force over their befitting reply, a natural one no matter whether I’m a liberal or which religion or creed I belong to.
To me, the role played by my country’s armed forces in defending my family and I while we were asleep will always remain a sacred one, and this is similar to my Indian brothers revering their armed force.