Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday directed Pakistan Army soldiers deputed at the Line of Control (LoC) to continue to ‘effectively’ respond to India’s unprovoked firing across the border.
According to the military’s media wing, General Raheel during a briefing in Jhelum said the army will leave no stone “unturned to defend the motherland”.
#COAS attends funeral of sldrs at Jhelum who embraced martyrdom in Indian cross LOC https://t.co/rf2b7WnbZc tribute 2 valour& sacrifice -1/2 pic.twitter.com/SejYYSQhir
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) November 14, 2016
The army chief was in Jhelum to attend the funeral prayers of seven soldiers killed in Indian firing along LoC earlier today.
Jhelum:#COAS briefed on situation at LOC.Will continue to respond effectively,leave no stone unturned to defend motherland-2/2 pic.twitter.com/7Qb2k00BNP
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) November 14, 2016
Frequent incidents of cross-border fire have been witnessed since a heightened situation in occupied Kashmir. More than 100 protesters have lost their lives to the security forces in the valley while dozens blinded by use of pellet guns.
The two countries have been at loggerheads since the killing of a populist rebel leader Burhan Wani by the occupied forces in the valley on July 8.
India also accuses Pakistan of being involved in an attack on an army base in Uri on September 18, in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed. Islamabad has denied the charge, which Delhi leveled without any substantial investigation or evidence.
