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Pakistan responds to India's 'unprovoked' firing at working boundary

Pakistan Rangers are befittingly responding to India’s unprovoked firing at Charwah Sector, says ISPR

Our Correspondent July 05, 2015

A file photo of the Line of Control between Pakistan and India. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Indian security forces on Sunday exchanged fire at the working boundary near Sialkot in a latest sign of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that Indian Border Security Force (BSF) resorted to ‘unprovoked’ firing in Charwah Sector.

“Pakistan Rangers are befittingly responding to India’s unprovoked firing,” said the statement as the exchange of fire continued till the filing of this report.

Read: Indian BSF resorts to unprovoked firing at LoC, receives effective response

However, there were no reports of casualties from either side.

The latest exchange of fire comes amid reports that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi may meet later this week at the sidelines of Shangai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Russia.

Earlier on April 16, BSF resorted to unprovoked shelling but their guns fell silent after Pakistan Rangers effectively returned fire.

COMMENTS (14)

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply @SKChadha: Mantra uncle...this is exactly what we are doing honey...

Ashish | 8 years ago | Reply Dear Hassan if your investment in terrorists or strategic assets is backfiring that don't blame us..Its your own karma if your suffering due to the hands of your own terrorists. Remember clinton's statement about not expecting snakes to only bite your neighbors??? Don't give us this victim card that you are suffering from terrorists..They are your own investment...Too bad you are not getting your ROI.

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Hari Om | 8 years ago | Reply @Hassan Regards your fatuous claim of Pakistan’s innocence and India’s guilt, name the three countries, excluding Pakistan, that felt the need to shoot up India this week, just as three of Pakistan’s neighbours have in the past week felt the need to shoot up Pakistan? For the three countries you may refer to Sri Varahadev’s post.

Union Jack | 8 years ago | Reply @Hassan: Really ? Bangladesh prime minister welcomes India not Pakistan, Sri Lankan prime minister blocked China's submarine to continue docking to please India. Nepal has forever been India's friend. Your best friend China does business with us 100 times in volume then it does with you. Afghanistan wants to be our friend and asks for our help for infrastructure and development. Iran is our traditional friend. So that leaves only one nuisance on the western border of India. I hope your geography is good , so go figure. If you need help there is a cool tool online called google maps. Good luck.

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply @pat: hahaha...India is the only country who does not have good ties with its neighboring countries.. so just look at ur self...

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply @Salman: i am sorry but Modi has only words to use, he does not have the courage to shoot 10 on 1, it is we that will shoot 100 on 1. statements does not suits to his personality at all, salman if u r an indian then i can understand ur concerns. and if u r Pakistani then where is ur nationalism ?

SKChadha | 8 years ago | Reply Only mantra left, no other alternative ...... Kill all animals who try to jump the fence from Jungle.

pat | 8 years ago | Reply @Salman: Yea you should respond with 10 bullets so that indian will respond with 100. The matter of fact why is that every country around Pakistan fires at only Pakistan and not any other country arount them

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply @Sri Varahadev: so u think india is the most innocent country here Pakistan start firing at them and they have to respond???...pity on u..but since we have suffered the most and still u idiotic Indians blame us for nourishing terrorist while living peacefully, this is not gonna happen...whenever we suffer u shall equally be suffered...Go Go Finish India.

Hassan | 8 years ago | Reply @jay: go beta go...so jao jaaker...hahaha yes that was the reply u deserved...go finish India...

ashish | 8 years ago | Reply Why india do unprovoked firing in kashmir border? Who want to internalize the kashmir i.e. Pakistan. Pakistan continuously do unprovoked firing only in Kashmir border to push india to complain in united nation and kashmir get internalize. if we want to unprovoked fire we have gujrat,rajasthan,punjab but we dont fire. Hope every pakistani use his mind to think who do unprovoked firing?

Sri Varahadev | 8 years ago | Reply Within the last 7 days Iran has twice needed to respond to Pakistani border provocations:- http://tribune.com.pk/story/912976/iran-border-guards-fire-mortar-shells-into-panjgur/ http://tribune.com.pk/story/913328/border-violation-iranian-forces-fire-shells-into-panjgur-again/ While Afghanistan has needed to respond to Pakistani border provocations once: http://tribune.com.pk/story/912997/cross-border-attack-injures-2-pakistani-soldiers-in-angoor-adda/ Pakistan must do deep soul searching as to why three of her four neighbors, Iran, Afghanistan and India, have over the past week besides other times have resorted to cross border firing that targets Pakistan. Pakistan needs to also do deep soul searching why these three neighbors do not feel the same need to indulge in similar cross border firing in dealing with their neighbors like Turkmenistan in Iran’s case, Tajikistan in Afghanistan’s sake or Nepal in India’s case. Ceasing to provoke neighbors particularly by fomenting cross border Sunni Islamic Terrorism will benefit the people of Pakistan greatly by having one less problem of mortar shelling among the myriads of problems assailing Pakistan, to deal with.

jay | 8 years ago | Reply pakis need perfect reply. wait pakis

Salman | 8 years ago | Reply One bullet should be responded with 10. Everyone knows what Modi is upto

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