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  • 3 Pakistan Army soldiers martyred near LoC: ISPR

    Indian troops resort to unprovoked firing at LoC Indian troops resort to unprovoked firing at LoC

    Three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in an exchange of fire with Indian troops near the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. "Three Pakistani soldiers valiantly embraced shahadat at the Line of Control while responding to Indian unprovoked firing," the ISPR said.

    The army's media wing identified the soldiers as Captain Taimoor Ali Khan, Havaldar Mushtaq Hussain and Lance Naik Ghulam Hussain.

    An ISPR statement also said that seven Indian soldiers confirmed dead in retaliatory fire. The ISPR added that the exchange of fire between Pakistani and Indian troops is ongoing.

    "It may be mentioned here that in order to distract attention from the real issue of atrocities in India-held Kashmir by Indian troops, they are now targeting civilians population across the LoC towards the Pakistan side," the ISPR claimed.

    Earlier today, Indian troops targeted a passenger bus near the LoC, killing nine people and injuring 11 others in Lawat. In a separate incident of Indian shelling in Nakyal and Tatta Pani, one person was killed and seven others injured.

    The latest incident of cross-border firing comes just a day after the Indian army claimed three of its soldiers were killed along the LoC and threatened Pakistani forces of retribution.

    The Indian army also claimed that the body of one of the dead soldiers had been "mutilated."

    The Foreign Office however rejected the claim, saying that the "reports are a fabrication and a blatant attempt to malign Pakistan".