Islamabad military issued a statement yesterday declaring that the craft had been shot down after violating Pakistan airspace.
It said: “Pakistan Army troops shot down an Indian spy drone while it violated LoC in Chirikot Sector.
“The drone has been taken over by Pakistan Army troops.
“This is 4th drone which has been shot down by Pakistan Army troops in last one year.”
The drone was also declared to be spying when it was shot down in the village of Chirikot.
Pakistan troops then salvaged the wreckage of the craft.
The incident will surely cause tensions to spike between the two nations that have consistently traded attacks across the contested border.
Both nations have a history of fighting over the disputed territory with the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947, 1965 and 1999 revolving around competing claims for the region.
Last week Pakistan declared it was “worried” about India’s drone technology.
Mohammad Faisal, the Foreign Office spokesman for Islamabad, displayed heightened concerns in a weekly media briefing.
He commented: “India’s development of drone technology is worrying when seen in the larger context of its buildup and expansion of military capabilities in the conventional and non-conventional domains, which are subjecting regional strategic stability to increasing strain.”
As confrontations between the two nuclear-armed nations continues to rise, Pakistan pointed the finger at New Delhi last week for committing 400 ceasefire violations in contested areas.
It added 68 citizens had been injured while 18 had been killed from devastating attacks.
The area of Jammu and Kashmir is the main source of tension between the two sides.
Both countries have been responsible for violations in the ceasefire that is supposed to be in place.
In what could be a last-ditch effort to defend itself against threats from its neighbour, it was claimed that India was pushing to reach an agreement with the US to acquire Apache helicopters.
The country is understood to have sent a Letter of Request (LoR) to America surrounding the highly capable choppers.
A source close to the matter disclosed: “The LoR was issued recently and now the US has to respond with a Letter of Acceptance LoA to take the Apache deal forward.”
India has reportedly asked for six highly capable Boeing AH-64E Apache choppers.