RAWALPINDI – A 13-year old girl embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) while another child sustained injuries due to unprovoked firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on working boundary near Silakot on Saturday.
According to ISPR here, 13 years old, Sumaira resident of Chak Nihala, Zafarwal sector embraced shahadat while 8 years old Mursaleen of Bhika Chak in Shakargarh sector got injured when Indian BSF yet again resorted to unprovoked firing. Pakistani rangers befittingly responded to Indian fire.
“Pakistani rangers befittingly responding to Indian fire,” a statement from the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations said. Pakistan and Indian border forces have been involved in clashes in recent days despite a 2003 ceasefire. On Wednesday Indian BSF killed two Pakistani soldiers, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry says.
A Foreign Ministry statement said the Indian Border Security Force troops had invited the personnel of the Rangers, who guards Pakistani border, for a flag meeting, but “greeted the unsuspecting soldiers with a volley of unprovoked fire. Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Friday and a formal protest was lodged over the incident. Pakistani Foreign Affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz also handed over a letter for the Indian Minister for External Affairs, calling for an immediate investigation into the incident and bringing the perpetrators to account, the Foreign Ministry said. Indian Defence Ministry said on Friday Indian forces neutralized a “possible terror boat from Pakistan” after the Indian Coast Guards chased a Pakistani fishing boat carrying at least four crew members and explosives. The crew members were forced to blow the boat up, said Indian Defense Ministry.
