Seven Pakistan Army soldiers were killed as Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing at Bhimber sector

Seven Pakistan Army soldiers were killed as Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing at Bhimber sector of the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday night.

“Seven soldiers embraced shahadat at LoC in Bhimber sector in cross-fire violation by Indian troops late last night,” Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.

“Pakistani troops while responding to Indian unprovoked firing targeted Indian posts effectively,” it added.On Thursday, Pakistan summoned India’s high commissioner to record a strong protest over the continued ‘unprovoked’ firing and ceasefire violations by the forces along the Line of Control and Working Boundary. At least 26 civilians have been killed and 107 wounded in the last two months due to the Indian forces firing, said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.

On November 7, Pakistan said Indian firing killed three people, including a policeman, and wounded four others in firing along the LoC. Separately, six people including two women were wounded in overnight firing in the Madarpur sector which also damaged 25 houses and three vehicles

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.The Foreign Office has summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale to lodge protest over the incident.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said India is resorting to border violation due to domestic compulsion and to divert global attention away from gross human rights abuses in the Occupied Kashmir.

‘India has started an unannounced war inside Pakistan through terrorism because Modi government is unhappy over the CPEC and growing Pak-China ties.’Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Maryam Aurangzeb, said that the whole nation stood behind Pakistani jawans and warned India that such adventurism would only prove harmful for the country itself.

"We our proud of our armed forces and we pay tribute to them," she said. "Pakistan Army jawans are standing guard at the Line of Control," she addedTensions have escalated between India and Pakistan in the past couple of months after the Uri attack. India blamed Pakistan for orchestrating the Uri attack without investigating the incident. Pakistan vehemently denied the claims and instead stated that it was an attempt by India to deflect the world's attention away from the atrocities that were being committed in occupied Kashmir. 

Names of soldiers who embraced Shahadat at Line of Control on 14th November

1. Havildar Zafar Hussain, married, 4 children and resident of Murree

2. Havildar Ibrar Ahmed Awan, married, 1 daughter, resident of Muzaffarbad

3. Lance Naik Muhammad Shoukat, married, 4 children resident haveli Kahuta

4. Lance Naik Muhammad Haleem, married, one daughter, resident of Lakki Marwat

5. Sepoy Pervez, married, resident of Authmuqam

6. Sepoy Muhammad Ilyas, married, 2 children, resident of Talagang

7. Sepoy Muhammad Tanveer, unammried, resident of Samahni, Azad Kashmir