Twitterati troll Pakistan media for misreporting Ladakh weather
The coverage also included maximum and minimum temperatures of Srinagar, Pulwama, Jammu and Ladakh, but a major gaffe provided the Indian Twitterati an opportunity to troll the Pakistani media.
Pakistan’s state-run media began covering the weather of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday (May 10), days after the Indian media started providing updates on the weather in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). “Partly cloudy weather is expected with chances of rain” in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir, reported Radio Pakistan on Sunday.
The coverage also included maximum and minimum temperatures of Srinagar, Pulwama, Jammu and Ladakh, but a major gaffe provided the Indian Twitterati an opportunity to troll the Pakistani media.
Radio Pakistan, in a tweet, said, “In #Ladakh, maximum temperature is -4 centigrade and minimum temperature is -1 centigrade.” But India’s hawk-eyed Twitter users were quick to point out the mix-up between the words ‘maximum’ and ‘minimum’.
Radio Pakistan has special Kashmir coverage and a part of its webpage is dedicated to news from Jammu and Kashmir. The state-run Pakistan Television also gives coverage to news from Kashmir and runs special bulletin on the Valley.
Pakistan had on Friday rejected India’s move to begin broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK, terming it as a “legally void” action to change the status of the region.
Pakistan Foreign Office said that like the so-called “political maps” issued last year by India, this move is also legally void, contrary to reality, and in violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. India in November last released fresh maps showing PoK as part of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, while Gilgit-Baltistan is in the Union Territory of Ladakh following the bifurcation.
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Meanwhile, the Pakistan Air Force has also beefed up air patrolling over its territory, possibly fearing a retaliation from India after the Handwara terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, suggest reports.
Quoting government sources, news agency ANI said Pakistan was conducting aerial exercises at the time of incident. And that India already knew about it. Following the death of an Indian Army colonel in the Handwara attack, the Pakistan Air Force increased its patrolling.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had even tweeted about a possible “flag operation” by India, after New Delhi held Islamabad responsible for the violence, the report said.
(With inputs from agencies)
