National Security Advisors for Pakistan and India have established contact with each other after India launched a series of missile attacks inside Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir in the early hours on Wednesday.

Pakistan NSA LT General Asim Malik, who is also DG ISI, spoke with his Indian colleague Ajit Doval in what seems to be part of the efforts to seek shell, according to officials who are familiar with the development.

“Yes, Pakistan and Indian national security advisers are in contact,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told Express Pakinomist.

He would not provide further details about the nature of discussions and purposes of contact between the two NSAs.

A Pakistani official said such communication channels were needed in times of crisis.

It is assumed that the two NSAs established contacts after hectic back-scene diplomatic efforts from international and regional players.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also has an extra charge for the NSA, also spoke with both Pakistani and Indian NSAs shortly after the Indian missile strikes and Pakistan’s response.

Although the National Security Committee (NSA) said Pakistan would respond to the Indian missile attacks in a place, it suggested that Pakistan might not provide further answers in a place and way to choose, subsequently speak from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the National Assembly that Pakistan might not provide further answers.

Sources said Pakistan was tipped by a third country about the impending Indian missile attacks. Similar channels, according to the sources of Pakistan, transferred that India did not want further escalation.

What did the difference do?

When India conducted air air attacks in February 2019 in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, it was a surprise to Pakistan when Indian fighter jets never crossed the control line (LOC) since 1971.

Pakistan expected some kind of action from India, but it never thought the modi government would risk carrying out such attacks, although Indian fighter jets fell payload only without real damage to the ground. However, New Delhi wanted to send a message to both the domestic audience and Pakistan that it was willing to put a new one normal in the India-Pakistan relationship.

When the Indian movement was a surprise, Pakistani authorities took a whole day to decide how to move forward. Dr. Moeed Yusuf, a national security adviser at the time, said despite Indian Misadventure in Balakot, Pakistani civilian and military authorities were still looking for non-kinetic opportunities to step down tension. Eventually, Pakistan decided to avenge the Indian action, shooting down his fighter jet and catching the pilot.

The difference this time, however, was that there was complete clarity in Pakistan. If India launched any attack, Pakistan’s response would be Quid Pro Quo Plus according to officials who are familiar with behind the scene’s discussions.

There were clear instructions that Pakistan’s armed forces would respond resolutely and quickly the moment India hit in the country.

In the early hours of Wednesday, when reports began to emerge from Muzaffarabad to Kotli and from Murideke to Bahawalpur about several explosions, Pakistan knew that India launched the strikes it had planned since the Pahagam attack.

Shortly after these strikes, the largest military spokesman appeared on a TV channel and confirmed the India attack. What was different, however, was that Pakistan began its retaliation right away. The response was both from air and soil. Within the first hour of Pakistan’s retaliation, Pakistan shot five Indian fighter jets, including 4.5 generation of sophisticated Rafael jet aircraft, which India bought from France in a hurry to strengthen its defense after the downed operation in Balakot.

“Pakistan could have shot down 10 Indian fighter jets,” Director -General Public Relations (ISPR) told General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry to a news conference. But Pakistan, he said, observed restraint.

There was a complete blackout in Indian media about the losses it suffered as a result of Pakistan’s strong reaction. The Hindu, one of the oldest and credible newspapers, originally confirmed the crash of three Indian fighter jets on its website, but the story was apparently removed on the pressure of the Indian government to avoid embarrassment.

An American commentator told CNN that if the news of Pakistan shooting Rafale Jets was true, it would be a huge blow to India boasting their air superiority following the induction of the French -made war plans.

Some experts were of the opinion that the duel between the two countries was actually a test for Chinese and Western technology. According to officials J-10-Chinese jets Pakistan, Pakistan has acquired the Jet Fly Pakistan after India introduced Rafale into their Skvadron.

A senior French intelligence officer told CNN on Wednesday that a Rafale fighter jet driven by the Indian Air Force was set up by Pakistan, in what would mark the first time one of the sophisticated French-made war plane has been lost in battle.

This is a massive development and shows that China has now advanced technology, according to an American commentator.