Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-network-information': SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input

Hi There,

Has anybody encountered an issue similar to below when adding the “cordova-plugin-network-information”? my command suggested in the ionic documentation is as follows

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-network-information

And the error i am getting is
Installing “cordova-plugin-network-information” for android
Failed to install ‘cordova-plugin-network-information’: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
at Object.parse (native)
at Function.PlatformJson.load (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\cordova-common\src\PlatformJson.js:35:21)
at new PluginManager (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\cordova-common\src\PluginManager.js:44:37)
at Function.PluginManager.get (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\cordova-common\src\PluginManager.js:59:12)
at C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\Api.js:253:34
at _fulfilled (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:854:54)
at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:883:30)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:816:13)
at C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:570:49
(node:11784) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
at runSingle (C:_Projects\Ionic\astawq\platforms\android\cordova\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)

The ionic environment information in my system is

Ionic:

ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.0.6
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.7.1
@ionic/app-scripts : 3.0.0

Cordova:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : not installed
Cordova Platforms : not available

System:

Android SDK Tools : 25.2.5
NodeJS : v6.11.3 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 6.2.0
OS : Windows 7

Environment:

ANDROID_HOME : C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk


Any help and guide to the issue is much appreciated

thanks