Summary Two nuclear neighbouring states should not create an atmosphere of conflict, says Defense Minister.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In a statement issued from Islamabad today, Federal Minister for Defense Khawaja Asif stated Pakistan is completely capable of retaliating against Indian aggression and India must mend its ways.
He further said that India is constantly violating the ceasefire agreement and targeting the inhabitant settlements.
Two nuclear neighbouring states should not create an atmosphere of conflict; India must act responsibly, he added.
In the context: Indian forces had continued shelling at the working boundary the fourth day that got three people killed including a woman, the death toll has now reached 13.
Pakistan army has been befittingly retaliating to the continued Indian offences.
India has been incessantly pounding the working boundary and the Line of Control (LoC) for the past four consecutive days. The unprovoked firing and shelling from across the border has not ceased since October 1 and the Indian forces are targeting the rural settlements in the areas adjacent to the border.
Early morning fresh firing by the Indian forces at Harpal Sector targeted innocent residents. Muhammad Azam and Saleema Bibi, residents of Rurki village, got martyred in the cowardly fires by the Indian forces.
Intermittent firing had continued at the rural areas adjoining the border at Sialkot, Pasrur, Shakargarh and Narowal the previous day; Chenab Rangers’s efficient retaliation silenced the guns on the opposite side. 40 rural areas have been evacuated after the ceaseless shelling from across the border.
120 educational institutions would remain close in the wake of the critical situation at the working boundary.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned the national security meeting tomorrow considering the continued Indian offences. The participants of the meeting would include all the three chiefs of the armed forces, federal ministers Chaudhry Nisar, Ishaq Dar, Pervaiz Rasheed and Sartaj Aziz. The session would also review the progress of the operation Zarb-e-Azb along with the briefing on Pakistan army’s accomplishments.
Earlier, the death toll of civilians from the Indian shelling over the past three days had reached 10 as two civilians lost their lives in fresh firing by Indian forces at Harpal Sector along the Working Boundary in Sialkot district of Punjab province, Dunya News reported on Wednesday.
The deceased belonged to Sukha Chak and Bajra Garhi villages.
Reportedly, Indian troops used sophisticated weapons including machine guns to target civilian settlements at Kotli, Battal, Goi and Tutta Pani areas of Nakial Sector.
