Khaliullah said the FO secretary also protested the ceasefire violations which took place this morning at LoC and Working Boundary.
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Line of Control is the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. “Two of the injured persons have been shifted to Jammu city for treatment, while the third, Usha Devi, is being treated in a local hospital in Pargwal village near the border” said a senior official of Indian Army. “There was no response from the Pakistani Government to our demarche, instead, intermittent firing continued in the Akhnoor Sector till 1615 hours yesterday”, he added.
However, Pakistan is yet to respond positively to India ” s growing concerns about repeated ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, on Thursday expressed hope that the relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad strengthens and both sides come closer in the coming days. The protest has been lodged in Islamabad as well as in India.
Barely a week after Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan broke the deadlock and made a decision to re-engage, the two countries were back to a blame game today over ceasefire violations with both sides lodging protest with each other.
Drone experts have since specified that the drone is a small, unarmed, commercially-available vehicle that would not have been carrying secret military technology, writes Katharine Houreld for Reuters. The Pakistani military claimed to have shot down an Indian spy drone on Wednesday.
Pakistan, this time started violating the ceasefire agreement after Indian and Pakistani prime ministers issued a joint statement pledging themselves to building peace between the two countries.
Incidents unprovoked firing by Pakistani forces targeting BSF posts in Jammu and Kashmir region has seen a sudden rise in the reecent past.
“The Pakistan foreign secretary handed over a note verbale that referred to developments of July 15 that were raised by the Indian side”.
It will be the first time that Modi – who has a reputation as a hardline nationalist – has travelled to Pakistan since coming to power.
On the other hand, India called for protests over the indiscriminate mortar shelling by Pakistan in Akhnoor sector along the border on Wednesday. Pakistan is not allowed to fire on Villages and it has also done that.
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The firing also triggered an exchange of fire with BSF troops which was still going on when last reports came in.
