Some videos are going viral on social media in Pakistan since last two days. In which it is seen that army planes are drying the wheat fields. What is the truth of these videos?
A video is going viral on social media in Pakistan for the last two days. It can be seen in the video that advanced helicopters like Cobra of Pakistan Army are drying wheat fields. Army helicopters hovering over wheat fields were captured by some people on their mobile cameras and made viral. This whole matter is gathering tremendous discussion in the country. People are cursing and ridiculing Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif. Questions are being asked that we are short of food. The government is meeting its expenses by begging from other countries. Then what is the compulsion that wheat fields are being dried by army helicopters? Understand the whole matter.
There are different types of opinions on social media regarding this video which is making a lot of headlines in Pakistan. But a big claim has also come to light that these helicopters are trying to teach wheat. However, some people have claimed that the army soldiers are practicing for war.
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What is the truth of the video?
Let us tell you that in recent times there has been heavy rain in different areas of Pakistan. It has rained in Pakistan when the wheat crop is ready for harvesting. On the other hand, there is a dispute going on between Shahbaz government and farmers regarding wheat. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had recently issued instructions to the administration to purchase wheat from farmers as soon as possible before his foreign tour.
According to the report of BBC Urdu, it is not clear when and where the video is from? It has been learned that the video that went viral was released on TikTok about four days ago. The user who shared the video also wrote in the caption that these are scenes of army exercises. However, after coming on TikTok, a user also shared the video on YouTube platform as a maneuver scene.
Fighter planes doing maneuvers?
Importantly, there are some scenes in the viral video in which army helicopters can be seen hovering over wheat fields. On which people claim that they are drying up the wheat fields. A former officer told the BBC that most of the helicopters seen in the video are Cobra fighter planes, while one helicopter is named Fenech. A former army aviation pilot, on condition of anonymity, said that four to five helicopters are visible in this video, most of which are Cobra combat helicopters.
