ISPR DG says Pakistan wants peace on its borders but will respond accordingly to any aggression
Indian forces skip traditional exchange of Diwali sweets with Pakistani guards at Attari border
Indian forces on Wednesday once again resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling at Charwa Sector of the Sialkot Working Boundary.
No casualties were reported as Indian forces targeted Bajra Garhi, Charwah, Domala, Tulsipur, Gor, Baghiari and other villages. Chenab Rangers responded effectively to the Indian aggression.
It is pertinent to mention here that New Delhi and Islamabad 2003 agreed in 2003 to observe a cease-fire along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.
In the past few weeks, Pakistani and Indian border troops have exchanged fire in several incidents at the LoC, killing 20 people altogether from the two sides.
The two countries have been blaming each other for the ceasefire violations.
On Tuesday, India warned Pakistan of more “pain” if it continued to violate the ceasefire and said it was up to Islamabad to create environment for resumption of peace talks.
PAKISTAN TO RETALIATE TO ANY AGGRESSION:
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s military spokesman said Wednesday that the country wants peace on its borders but is ready to respond to any form of aggression from its neighbours.
“We do not want to disrupt peace but if the other side resorts to aggression then it will be responded accordingly,” said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asim Bajwa while speaking to reporters.
A few days earlier, Pak Army Chief General Raheel Sharif had vowed to thwart any “aggression” against the country.
BORDER GATES REMAIN SHUT THIS DIWALI”
As tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours rise following the worst ceasefire violation to date, Indian forces have decided to skip the traditional exchange of Diwali sweets with Pakistani guards at the Attari border, INP reported.
“No sweets will be exchanged this Diwali,” said Indian BSF Depity inspector General MF Farooqui.
The exchange of sweets at the border during festivals is an age-old tradition but the tensions at the LoC and Working boundary between the two countries have soured the relationship.