Summary Pakistani forces gave a befitting response to the Indian guns.
RAWALAKOT (Dunya News) – Sixty-year old Muhammad Aslam who was a resident of Polas, a village in Rawalakot, was martyred as Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) resorted to unprovoked firing across border.
Aslam received three bullets in abdomen" as Indian troops fired across the de facto border, the military said in a statement, adding that Pakistani troops responded with fire.
Pakistan and India have fought two wars over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which both countries administer in part but claim in full. Pakistan and India traded blame for the upsurge in firing and shelling across the LoC, which started on October 6 last year.
Earlier, India had proposed to send its top foreign ministry official to Pakistan to resume talks after a six-month hiatus. Sharif welcomed the Indian official s proposed visit to Pakistan "to discuss all issues of common interest," Sharif s press secretary said in a statement in Islamabad. No dates have been announced for the visit.
Last August, India called off talks with Pakistan after its ambassador in New Delhi met with Kashmiri separatist leaders, saying the Pakistani official could either talk with India, or talk with the rebels. India and Pakistan had agreed to resume talks in May when Sharif attended Modi s inauguration.
As tensions increased, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire regularly in the disputed Kashmir region. The United States said Friday it would welcome a resumption of talks. "The relationship between India and Pakistan is critical to advancing peace and security in South Asia," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in Washington.
