Indian aggression: Unprovoked firing kills Pakistani soldier at LoC

ISLAMABAD:

A Pakistani soldier was killed when Indian troops resorted to ‘unprovoked firing’ along the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday, said the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

According to the ISPR, the Indian troops violated the ceasefire in Battal Sector along the LoC, a temporary border that divides disputed Himalayan valley of Kashmir between arch rivals, Pakistan and India.

The deceased was identified as 20-year-old Sepoy Shams, who was the resident of village Shanglot, District Ghizer of Gilgit-Baltistan. “Pakistani troops responded befittingly to Indian unprovoked firing,” said the ISPR’s statement.

The latest exchange of fire took place days after senior military officials from Pakistan and India agreed to restore ceasefire along the working boundary.  A military official said Pakistan was expecting India to adhere to the ceasefire along the LoC as well but unfortunately Indian troops were showing no letup in their aggressive posture.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2015.