'Heavy Losses': Pakistan Govt X Account Posts Loan Plea To Fight India; Officials Blame Hackers
Pakistan launched drone, missile strikes into India last night, unprovoked. India foiled its attempts to cause damages and loss of lives in country and shot down the projectiles.
As India retaliated swiftly to the steep military escalation by Pakistan on Thursday night, Islamabad on Friday begged the international community for “more loans", citing “heavy losses inflicted by enemy".
Pakistan also urged “international partners to help de-escalate" the situation.
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“Govt of Pakistan appeals to International Partners for more loans after heavy losses inflected by enemy. Amid escalating war and stocks crash, we urge international partners to help de-escalate. Nation urged to remain steadfast," the Economic Affairs Division of the Pakistani government said on X.
Govt of Pakistan appeals to International Partners for more loans after heavy losses inflected by enemy. Amid escalating war and stocks crash, we urge international partners to help de-escalate. Nation urged to remain steadfast. @WorldBank #IndiaPakistanWar #PakistanZindabad— Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan (@eadgop) May 9, 2025
Later, the Pakistani government backtracked from its post and claimed that their X handle was “hacked".
Reuters reported that Pakistan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said it did not tweet" the post on X and claimed that their “X account has been hacked".
The Press Information Bureau of the Indian government trolled the Pakistani government’s X post and shared a meme from the famous Hindi comedy movie ‘Golmaal’. The dialogue in the movie said, “Yeh Koi Tarika Hai Bheek Mangne Ka (is this the manner to beg?)"
https://t.co/zLTqIpqPLv pic.twitter.com/4rcYLLHJiS— PIB India (@PIB_India) May 9, 2025
The sequence of events comes hours after India struck Islamabad, Lahore, and Sialkot last night as Pakistan resorted to unprovoked escalation on the International Borders and along the Line of Control.
Pakistan fired over 50 drones into the Indian territory, such as in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan; however, each one of them was shot down by the Indian air defence systems, such as S-400 and Akash, except for one drone which managed to hit the Jammu Civil Airport last evening.
Pakistani army also violated the ceasefire along the LoC and resorted to shelling in the civilian areas, causing damage to the buildings and cattle. The Indian Army responded with equal force.
On the economic front, Pakistan has incurred heavy losses as a sharp decline was witnessed in the Pakistan stock market on May 7.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange halted trading for an hour yesterday after the benchmark index fell 7.2%. That occurred after India struck military targets in Lahore.
As Pakistan continues to escalate the situation, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said yesterday at a joint press briefing with the armed forces, “Pakistan escalated the situation, we merely responded. The choice to de-escalate rests with Pakistan".
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