Friday's firing incident came two days after Pakistain's parliament elected
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
as prime minister and he promised to seek good relations with neighboring India.
Sharif said after taking the reins that his government would "progressively pursue" good relations with India while actively seeking solutions to issues with India like disputed Kashmire.
"A junior commanding officer was rubbed out by the Pak troops near Poonch sector," a senior army official told Agence La Belle France Presse in New Delhi.
"Suddenly there was firing from the other side and our officer was killed," the officer added, requesting anonymity.
The dead man, named as Bachan Singh was posted in Poonch region at Saujaya, 200 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of Indian-administered Kashmire's summer capital of Srinagar.
Another senior army officer, Rajesh Kalia, stationed in Kashmire, said the latest attack had "not been declared as a ceasefire violation" along the heavily militarized frontier as a probe was still under way.
The Indian army retaliated in a "controlled manner and the area is calm now", he added.
A Pak military spokesperson categorically denied the allegation.
"No Pak troops carried out any firing across the LoC on Indian positions," he said in a statement.