Indian firing on LoC injures one civilian
Official says a civilian, Muhammad Wasim, was seriously injured due to firing
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At least one person was injured as India’s Border Security Force (BSF) resorted to ‘unprovoked’ firing along the Line of Control in Chirikot sector on Saturday morning.
“A civilian, Muhammad Wasim, of Polas village was seriously injured due to the firing," Radio Pakistan reported quoting an official.
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Pakistan and India have constantly exchanged gunfire in the last week. Four people have been killed by the firing of Indian border security forces on civilian populations on the Pakistani side in recent days. Five more have been left injured by the unprovoked attacks.
Renewed tensions along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the working boundary in Sialkot, as well as the intrusion of an Indian ‘spy’ drone into Pakistani territory, have thrown the fate of crucial talks between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India in the doldrums.
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Further, last week a team of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) visited the villages most affected by Indian shelling. They visited Saleh Pur, Chaprar & Malane in Chaprar Sector in Sialkot and met wounded civilians and witnessed Indian atrocities on the civil population.
“A civilian, Muhammad Wasim, of Polas village was seriously injured due to the firing," Radio Pakistan reported quoting an official.
Read: Five killed in Indian BSF firing near Sialkot: ISPR
Pakistan and India have constantly exchanged gunfire in the last week. Four people have been killed by the firing of Indian border security forces on civilian populations on the Pakistani side in recent days. Five more have been left injured by the unprovoked attacks.
Renewed tensions along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the working boundary in Sialkot, as well as the intrusion of an Indian ‘spy’ drone into Pakistani territory, have thrown the fate of crucial talks between the national security advisers of Pakistan and India in the doldrums.
Read: Amid border tensions, Nawaz sends mangoes to Modi
Further, last week a team of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) visited the villages most affected by Indian shelling. They visited Saleh Pur, Chaprar & Malane in Chaprar Sector in Sialkot and met wounded civilians and witnessed Indian atrocities on the civil population.