Pakistani officials on Saturday accused Indian troops of killing two civilians in “unprovoked firing” across the border in Punjab.
Pakistani officials said the incident occurred in Sialkot region which faces the south of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and where another civilian was killed by Indian firing last month.
According to military sources, Indian BSF sources have committed 23 ceasefire violations by resorting to unprovoked firing on the working boundaries in Charwa and Harpal sectors in July and August. They added that three civilians were killed and nearly 12 people injured earlier in the month of August.
“Today, Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) once again resorted to unprovoked firing in Chaprar and Harpal sectors on the working boundary near Sialkot. Two civilians, including a woman and a 60-year-old man, died due to the BSF firing,” a senior military official revealed.
“Intermittent exchange of fire is still continuing at this stage,” he added.
“Indian officials claimed two civilians on their side of the border also died in firing by Pakistani forces”, Indian police inspector-general Rajesh Kumar said.
On August 8, Pakistan freed an Indian soldier captured after he was swept into the Pakistani zone of Kashmir when his patrol boat capsized.
However, on August 11 both countries again exchanged accusations of cross-border firing.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2014.
COMMENTS (7)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
1714129906-0/Clint-Eastwood-(1)1714129906-0-270x192.webp)
@mohammadnoonnanna: The world is a well connected place now days and many of us can research. Islam does not mean peace at all, we know it means Submission to your god and a Muslim is one who has submitted. As to how you will destroy India if we strike, well we have hit back after all the misdeeds you guys did, just because we had a weak, sentimental government in India.
Do you think you will survive if you detonated a nuclear device? You are a small part of occupied India and we will ensure not only you but a few other islamic countries go down to. Have you heard of nuclear fall out? Mecca is very close by and I am sure that many Muslims will be unhappy they will not be able to visit that place for a long time.
Best that you face the truth and know that you have aroused us and we have a PM who will give you what you deserve. At least we fight and not hide behind "non-state actors".
@mohammadnoonnanna visited TOI official site, read the article, nothing wrong with what the Indian government ordered. The world knows how much peace loving your religion and followers are. Most of the chaos in the world is because of you guys. So stop patronizing. Yeah, we still remember how pakistan strikes and looses every war. Your existence came in to reality just a few couple of years ago, where as India has been on the face of earth ever since the existence of mankind. You think you can wipe us? Think again.
@Sunil: It not only you but every non Muslim, specially Hindus of India want to eliminate this Islam based country. Visit today.s Times of India which read as "PAK SUFFERS HEAVY CASUALTIES AS GOVERNMENT GIVES FREE HAND TO TROOPS" Let me tell you deadly Indian, ISLAM IS RELIGION OF PEACE, LOVE AND CO-EXISTENCE. Muslims never strike first but when hit, would crush the enemy. AND KEEP IT IN MIND THAT IF PAKISTAN STRIKES BACK, YOU, YOUR COUNTRY AN D FELLOMEN WOULD NOT BE SEEN ANYWHERE.
There can never be peace between the two countries and one of the countries has to be destroyed once and for all. Issue is Pakistan an Islamic country and we all know Muslims can not live in peace, publish this or not the truth is the truth.
Shame on Indian terrorist army. Killing Pakistanis, Kashmiris, Indian Muslims. No shame for this Hindu fanatic nation living under the fake guise of secularism, which elected a mass-rapist as PM. God's judgement is not far away.
It always amazes me about the propaganda of army from both side. No one can really verify who started this firing. I am really speechless to answer my wife who is from a foreign country that who is right and who is wrong. May be the religion haterdness is more than the patriotic feeling from both side of border.
SUper Mediazz--------
Both countries claim they are innocent and point out it's rivals for their civilian deaths. This is what happens every where for power resources and MONEY.......................