Pakistan

India always starts cross-border shootings: DG Rangers

Border security forces of both countries will be discussing issues of unprovoked firing, illegal border crossing etc.

Express October 26, 2010

Director General of Punjab Rangers Major General Yaqoob Khan blamed India on Tuesday for starting unprovoked border firing fueling tensions between the border security forces of both countries.

The Director General was briefing the media at the Wagah border before a meeting with the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) delegation, a day after the Indian military accused Pakistan of a "major ceasefire violation, alleging that Pakistani troops opened fire across the de facto border dividing Kashmir killing one Indian soldier.

The Indian delegation, led by Inspector General Raman Shrivastav arrived on Tuesday morning for the meeting.

The Director General said issues such as illegal border crossing, smuggling, violation of border rules and unprovoked firing by the Indian forces at Sialkot will be raised in the meeting.

Khan said the issue of Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails will also be discussed in the meeting that takes place every three months.

COMMENTS (6)

Patriot | 13 years ago | Reply I wish Indian border was adjacent to the Khyberpukhtunkhuwa... their craze for war would have long perished with the fullfilment of our breathtaking hobby.

Saad kiani | 13 years ago | Reply by all means we have a lot of fight..and if the indians have any doubt they can always try and test it...just waiting wen india goes ahead with its cold start doctrine for aggression .... atleast then the back stabbers may come forward

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Commoner | 13 years ago | Reply India should know that we are not a fighting force anymore. Everytime they start firing us, we get scared. Indians, Please let us know in advance when you start firing. We are very week at heart listening to the sound of bullets. DG should visit India to offer plots to Indian army at DHA and tell them the ways of curruption which we are at our best. Then both armies will have stakes in each other country and will not dare to fight.

viren naik | 13 years ago | Reply Nice one # 2. I really appreciate what you say. Where there is doubt we must talk and not speculate..We must understand what the DG is saying..and that why he has chosen to say at this juncture ..especially when a VIP is coming to India on 5th Nov. and everyone says that these violations happen because the insurgents can sneak in via a different location. You know these days a lot of bombs are going off in Pakistan as well therefore there is a possibility that the Indians have learned to sneak in via the same tactics and confuse our DG by knocking at the fence at another location he is getting mixed up between ours or theirs! letting these fireworks off..there was no brief at that particular choki.It is like a match between the real Dadhiwala v/s the fake Dadhiwala and see who gets run out first.. You are right we must get the first hand knowledge and analyse correctly perhaps the answer you have given says it all. Both the nations are suffering because of this. Regards and God Bless Viren Naik

2 | 13 years ago | Reply viren naik. o really? wo world knows about this but they use to keep their eyes closed until any thing is done by Pakistanis . and then Pakistanis do something then world use to start screaming ........ dont misguide others and correct your knowledge. I know you have to defend your forces but be indifferent then analyze.

viren naik | 13 years ago | Reply Strange but true but this is what is called being conned time and time again. It may be true that Indians are provoking the Pakistani side by shooting first and then going quiet leaving the Pakistani Soldiers getting worked up so much that they keep on firing for hours and hours until their DG realises that the fooling proccess has culminated again. My suggestion is that next time don't fire back at all and let the Indians be exposed perhaps the world will be more inclined to believe our side. I call my self as both Indian and Pakistani like Arundhati Roy does when covinient.However there is nothing wrong in believing that you are right about being nostalgic about a just cause.That is called inclusive culture everything goes in the Indian subcontinent like can you imagine any Pakistani interlocuters going to an Azad Kashmir jails to find out their views about what Kashmiriat is all about at the exclusion of the likes of London bred Mirwaiz Farookh.Mujrims are Mujrims that is why they are in the prison in the first place unless they are there for political reasons which exposes Indian weakness of 'you are only guilty if you failed in your final appeal in the Supreme Court'. Incidently like Pakistan India has a supreme court too fully firnished with Chief Justice and lame duck judges you can't even judge what they will come up with next when it comes to dealing with the absolutey corrupt laden with absolute powers. I wonder if the politicians of both the sides know how to laugh at themselves both are the mirror image of each other terribly horrible to look at. In the meantime let us just keep plodding at the idea of binding the grass roots of the two sister nations together may be a new cricket series in dec jan you know the 20/20 matches may bring us the catterati together and I do not think we would have any time for these interlocuters nor Arundhatis of any kind..just bring the gol gappas from your side and we will give you a chat from our side. Regards and God bless Viren Naik

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