Pakistani armed forces
are in action, armed forces activities had been planned in advance, Wednesday’s
closure of airspace over the country’s northern areas and flights by Pakistan
Air Force (PAF) fighter planes participating in exercises fuelled rumours that
the country’s armed forces were preparing for a possible Indian attack, driving
the stock market down.
Armed forces
exercises, coming at a time when tensions between the two nuclear-armed
neighbours are running high following a terrorist attack on a military camp in
India-held Kashmir, drove speculation on social and mainstream media.
Despite the confusion,
Inter-Services Public Relations and the PAF’s media directorate chose to keep
mum and the official silence only fuelled rumour mills.
