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RAWALPINDI: Responding to India's repeated claim of downing Pak F-16 aircraft,  Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor has said, "repetitions don’t make truth of a lie," adding that   India is yet to provide any concrete evidence.Spokesperson of Pakistan armed forces late on Monday tweeted: "Despite claiming possession of evidence on shooting F16, IAF still short of presenting it. Don’t overlook Pakistan’s silence for not drum beating losses on Indian side. Fact is that PAF shot down two IAF jets, wreckage seen on ground by all."Earlier in the day, Indian Air Force (IAF) claimed that it was in possession of “irrefutable” evidence to prove that its vintage MiG-21 Bison shot down a Pakistan Air Force’s modern F-16 combat jet in the aerial engagement.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) DG responded by saying, “Repetitions don’t make truth of a lie.”DG ISPR added, "the fact is that Pakistan Air Force (PAF)  shot down 2 Indian aircraft, wreckage seen on ground.Contradicting India's claim that one of its fighter jets shot down a Pakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight on February 27, two senior US defense officials with direct knowledge of the situation has  told the Foreign Policy magazine that American personnel recently counted Pakistan's F-16s and found none of the planes missing. It was  reported on Thursday.

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