Indian firing injures five civilians in Kotli sector

Five Pakistani nationals including a woman were injured in unprovoked mortar shelling from the Indian side along the Line of Control, military sources said.

Indian troops fired at Nakyal Sector of Kotli in the morning in a latest violation by the Indian troops.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

Pakistan and India had declared a ceasefire in 2003 however troops of both countries now routinely fire at each other that has caused tensions.  They accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said “anti-India activities emanating from Pakistan” will have to stop for relations to improve and asserted that all steps will be taken to prevent “dastardly” acts like the recent killing of soldiers on the LoC.

Addressing the nation on the 67th Independence Day in New Delhi, Manmohan Singh said India has strived for friendship with its neighbouring countries, Indian media reported.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Wednesday that it is his strong desire to reduce tensions with India.

He also called for using the diplomatic and military channels to resolve differences through talks.

The National Assembly recently passed a resolution denouncing the “unprovoked Indian aggression on the Line of Control (LoC).”

The resolution also angrily reacted to a mob attack on Pakistan’s diplomatic mission in New Delhi, demonstrations outside the offices of Pakistan International Airlines in the Indian capital, prevention of the bus running between the two countries in the Indian city of Amritsar, and “vilification of Pakistan in the Indian media”.

Tension has heightened at a time when prime ministers of the two countries are scheduled to meet next month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

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