Several Pakistanis took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to congratulate their neighbours which succeeded in landing a spacecraft on the moon in its second attempt. In 2019, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed.

Muhammad Nauman, a commentator congratulated the Indian people on achieving the milestone, by posting a congratulatory message “Congratulations Neighbors”.

Abuzar ali, another commentator pointed out the fact that Pakistan is lagging behind in exploring space technologies and in the race to reach the moon.

“We are far behind in this race haye. Any how Congratulations Neighbors,” he wrote.

Ali Rajput reminded that Pakistan was among the first countries to send missions in space and the only country in South Asia.

“After 60s, we chose a different path and here we are,” he wrote.

It is pertinent to mention Pakistan became the third country in Asia and tenth country overall to launch a rocket into space in July 1962.

This achievement put Pakistan ahead of not only India but also most of the Muslim and the developing world.

Pakistan’s first rocket Rehbar-I was launched just after sunset on June 7, 1962. The mission was successful and helped record the required data.