<p>Despite the chill in bilateral ties, Pakistan's media on Thursday gave front-page coverage to India's historic moon landing while a former minister even called it a 'great moment' for India's space agency, ISRO.</p>.<p>'India becomes first nation to land near Moon's south pole' was the headline in most of the Pakistani newspapers and websites.</p>.<p>This was India's second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon and comes less than a week after Russia's Luna-25 mission failed.</p>.We already live on the Moon: Pak man remarks as India's Chandrayaan-3 lands.<p>The <em>Geo News</em> carried a story by its Web Desk about the landing, saying India's Chandrayaan-3 has finally landed on the moon after a 40-day journey starting from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota and a history of space crashing.</p>.<p><em>The News International,</em> the <em>Dawn</em> newspaper, the <em>Business Recorder</em>, <em>Dunya News</em> and others carried stories by various international news agencies.</p>.<p>Fawad Chaudhry, who was Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the Imran Khan-led government, called it a great moment for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).</p>.<p>"What a great moment for #ISRO as #Chandrayaan3 lands on the Moon, I can see lots of young scientists celebrating this moment with Mr Somanath Chairman ISRO; only the Younger generation with dreams can change the world…good luck," Chaudhry, a former senior member of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said on X, formerly known as Twitter.</p>.<p>Before the landing, he said, "All eyes on #Chandryaan3 Moon landing 5:40 PM, great day for Indian Science Community and Space scientists, Congratulations to people of India on this great achievement." </p>.<p>Earlier he asked the Pakistani media to livestream Chandrayan's moon landing.</p>.<p>The bilateral ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after India's warplanes bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan in February 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror attack.</p>.<p>The relations further deteriorated after India on August 5, 2019, announced the withdrawal of special powers of Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the state into two union territories. </p>
<p>Despite the chill in bilateral ties, Pakistan's media on Thursday gave front-page coverage to India's historic moon landing while a former minister even called it a 'great moment' for India's space agency, ISRO.</p>.<p>'India becomes first nation to land near Moon's south pole' was the headline in most of the Pakistani newspapers and websites.</p>.<p>This was India's second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon and comes less than a week after Russia's Luna-25 mission failed.</p>.We already live on the Moon: Pak man remarks as India's Chandrayaan-3 lands.<p>The <em>Geo News</em> carried a story by its Web Desk about the landing, saying India's Chandrayaan-3 has finally landed on the moon after a 40-day journey starting from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota and a history of space crashing.</p>.<p><em>The News International,</em> the <em>Dawn</em> newspaper, the <em>Business Recorder</em>, <em>Dunya News</em> and others carried stories by various international news agencies.</p>.<p>Fawad Chaudhry, who was Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the Imran Khan-led government, called it a great moment for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).</p>.<p>"What a great moment for #ISRO as #Chandrayaan3 lands on the Moon, I can see lots of young scientists celebrating this moment with Mr Somanath Chairman ISRO; only the Younger generation with dreams can change the world…good luck," Chaudhry, a former senior member of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said on X, formerly known as Twitter.</p>.<p>Before the landing, he said, "All eyes on #Chandryaan3 Moon landing 5:40 PM, great day for Indian Science Community and Space scientists, Congratulations to people of India on this great achievement." </p>.<p>Earlier he asked the Pakistani media to livestream Chandrayan's moon landing.</p>.<p>The bilateral ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after India's warplanes bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan in February 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror attack.</p>.<p>The relations further deteriorated after India on August 5, 2019, announced the withdrawal of special powers of Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the state into two union territories. </p>