'Why did they speak in English?': Pakistan's strange counter to India's Op Sindoor briefing

Senior Indian military officials held a press conference on Thursday (May 7) on the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor and listed the damages inflicted on the Pakistani military, along with neutralising terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and mainland Pakistan. Islamabad was expected to counter the statements, and it did counter. But instead of refuting the statement, Pakistan decided to ask why the Indian press conference was held in English.

Pakistan questions language choice

Pakistani military’s whizzer response came later in the day when Pakistan's Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry raised the unusual question regarding the language used during the Indian military’s press conference. He also asked whether the Indian military officials chose to speak in English in a bid to tell the world what happened during Operation Sindoor.

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“A little while ago, the Indian DGMO and senior officers did a press briefing. First of all, why are they speaking English? Is it because you want to tell the world what happened?” said Chaudhary, as quoted by the Hindustan Times.

According to a report in GeoNews, Chaudhary addressed the press conference along with Rear Admiral Shifaat Ali Khan and Air Vice Marshal Tariq Ghazi in Pakistan.

Parallel commemorations, familiar claims

As India marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor on Thursday (May 7), the military campaign launched after the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan too chose the day to commemorate what it called “Marka-e-Haq”. Both sides held briefings.

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Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Chaudhry described India’s operation as “unprovoked”, a claim New Delhi has consistently rejected. Operation Sindoor was launched weeks after 26 civilians were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025, with India declaring the mission as a direct response to cross-border terror infrastructure.

Chaudhry also repeated Pakistan’s old assertion that its forces had brought down Indian fighter aircraft during the four-day confrontation. India has dismissed those claims multiple times.

India details operational impact

At the Indian military briefing, Air Marshal AK Bharti offered a detailed account of what unfolded. “We struck and decimated their 9 terrorist camps on 7th May. The proof is there for everybody to see. We struck 11 of their airfields. We destroyed 13 of their aircraft either on the ground or in the air, including one high-value airborne asset at a record distance of 300 kilometres plus,” he said.

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Bharti further stated that neither Indian civilian assets nor military infrastructure suffered damage during the conflict.

He said the armed forces were given clear strategic direction and full operational freedom before the strikes, which eventually expanded beyond terror camps and hit critical Pakistani military infrastructure, including Murid and Nur Khan airbases.