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| 2 die in border incident |
| 2016-10-27 |
| At least two civilians were killed by Indian fire along the Working Boundary on Wednesday in Chaprar sector, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Eight civilians were also injured in the latest episode of cross-border firing by the Indian forces, the statement added. "Pakistan Rangers gave a befitting response to Indian unprovoked fire," read the ISPR statement. A civilian, Sikander, who was injured by Indian fire on October 25, succumbed to his injuries in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Kharian today. Meanwhile, the military sources claimed that Pakistani troops ‘effectively’ hit a number of Indian posts along the Line of Control and Working Boundary. The officials claimed that “five Indian soldiers have been shot while four Indian posts destroyed in Bhimber sector in exchange of fire since yesterday”. Protest lodged with India Pakistan earlier today lodged a strong protest with India against "unprovoked" ceasefire violations on Oct 25-26. This is the third such protest lodged within a week. The director general (South Asia and Saarc), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh on Wednesday to lodge a protest against ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Working Boundary in the Chaprar and Harpal sectors, and across the Line of Control in the Bhimber sector, a Foreign Office (FO) statement said. ISPR had said that five civilians had been injured by Indian fire today in the Sialkot sector, in a statement released earlier today. The ISPR statement claimed that India's Border Security Force resorted to "unprovoked firing" across the Working Boundary in Harpal and Chaprar sectors. ISPR said that Pakistan Rangers Punjab "befittingly" responded to "unprovoked" Indian firing and shelling. "Since October 21, four civilians have embraced martyrdom while 21 others were injured at the Working Boundary," the ISPR claimed. Whereas, two people died due to firing along the Line of Control. The Indian side was asked to investigate the incident and share the findings with Pakistan, and to instruct its troops to respect the ceasefire agreement in letter and spirit, refrain from intentionally targeting the villages and maintain peace along the Working Boundary and LoC. FO Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria last week alleged that India has committed more than 90 ceasefire violations in 2016. "During the 2014 provincial assembly elections, India violated ceasefire agreement more than 200 times," Zakaria said. He claimed that Pakistan has "never violated the ceasefire agreement." |
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