Two civilians were injured as Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs along the LoC in four sectors of Poonch district on Independence Day, drawing retaliation from Indian troops.
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Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit in his remarks to mark his country’s Independence Day said: “Aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir could neither be ignored nor put on the back burner”.
Talking to reporters here, Singh charged that “Pakistan is creating an environment of terror and fear by resorting to firing and shelling on the borders and targeting civilian villages and engineering terror attacks”.
President Mamnoon Hussain while addressing a high-level gathering of civilian and military officials to celebrate Independence Day celebrations at the Convention Centre on Friday said Pakistan will not compromise “if there is any threat to territorial sovereignty”.
India and Pakistan both claim the entirety of Kashmir and have fought two of their three wars over the region.
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Pakistan’s president on Friday renewed an offer to India for holding bilateral talks to resolve the issue of the disputed Kashmir region, among other outstanding matters between the two neighbours.
Indian-controlled Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Saturday called for immediate de-escalation of tension along the LoC in wake of deadly firing, urging political leadership of India and Pakistan to respect and uphold a 2003 ceasefire.
Spokesperson said, the Indian Army “retaliated effectively” at all these places. The statements said this showed that the Kashmiris rejected India’s illegal occupation of their homeland and wished to live with Pakistan.
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The development come ahead of a crucial meeting between the National Security Advisors of the two sides, which is scheduled to be held on August 23 in New Delhi. The daily said: “Pakistan was created to protect the rights of a minority, the Muslims of India“.
