FIR detail­s damage suffer­ed by 19 trees in the Indian airstr­ikeA First Information Report was filed by the forestry department on Friday against pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for bombing and destroying trees in the Balakot area, reported Express News. The FIR, registered against unidentified IAF pilots, also details the damage suffered by 19 trees after Indian aircraft “hastily dropped their payload”. Islamabad also plans to lodge a complaint against India at the United Nations, accusing New Delhi of “eco-terrorism”. Indian warplanes bombed Jabba Top, a hilly forest area near the northern town of Balakot, about 40km from occupied Kashmir. ‘India attack’ laid waste to my Billion Tree Tsunami project, quips PM Imran“What happened over there is environmental terrorism,” Aslam said, adding that dozens of pine trees had been felled.

Source: The Express Tribune March 08, 2019 06:11 UTC