Pakistan Army retaliates which forces Indian side to stop shelling, firing: ISPR. PHOTO: AFP
The ISPR said that the Pakistan Army retaliated which forced the Indian side to stop the shelling and the firing.
This is not the first time such an incident has taken place.
The continuous violation of ceasefire agreement has terrorised locals. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC in November 2003, but skirmishes have often flared across the heavily-militarised LoC, the de facto border in Kashmir, with both sides blaming each other for having violated the agreement.
Previous incidents
On January 11, Indian troops had violated the ceasefire on the LoC, injuring a 55-year-old civilian in Tatapani sector, some 180 kilometres from Muzaffarabad. In retaliation, Pakistan Army personnel had also retaliated to the Indian firing, forcing them to stop the shelling on the civilian population.
On August 26 last year, unprovoked firing from the Indian Army had injured six civilians.
A day earlier, shells fired by Indian troops had struck villages in Nakyal sector, some 200 kilometres south of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Kashmir, intermittently overnight. Three houses were damaged along with a car.
On August 23 last year, the Indian Army had opened fire in the same sector, seriously injuring a civilian identified as Arif Kiyani. The continuous bombardment had also destroyed a house in the area.
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@Patriotic Pakistani: Please grow up . Indians are not stupid . Neither are Pakistanis . Neither will fire unnecessarily. Lets accept the presence of a third party who does not want both to unite.
We know who sends infiltrators into another country. And of course, those infiltrators need to be covered by firing. Good job Pakistan army!
@ Patriotic Pakistani: seems like it is a comment from Mr. Zaid Hamid. Take our suggestion, give up PoK. You cannot win a war with conventionally superior armed forces of India. Nuclear strike isn't any option for India or Pakistan. Your people are already suffering because of the ongoing arms race. India is a big elephant. One or two scratches won't bring it down.
@Stranger:
The infamous boogeyman .... the root cause of all attacks within Pakistan ---- GET A NEW LINE!
@Patriotic Pakistani: Indians are already grown up. it is Pakistanis who need to stick their necks out of the sand now and stop thinking their rogue army as pious army.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-troops-fire-at-Indian-posts-violate-ceasefire/articleshow/34193545.cms
@Patriotic Pakistani: Please read any Indian newspaper for Indian version of this news!
Strange, where are the Indian trolls?
Looks like BJP has already won the elections. Pakistan Army should response them with double fire power after every such indian adventure.
I agree with stranger there is a third party in place here
Pakistan Army has the history of lying to its country men. Nothing new here.
Has BJP won the elections??
So typical of Indian troops.Now the Indian media will go berserk and will try to undercover a body of their soldier who according to them would have had been killed by Pakistani forces. It time, Indians should grow up.
The Army ( Ind or Pak ) are hardly fools to carry on open attacks like this . Both of them know the strength of the other . I think there is a third party which does not want both sides of the subcontinent to unite.
Is it possible that this could be covering fire to infiltrate terrorists? Where have I heard this before?