Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif’s claim of killing 11 Indian Soldiers in cross-border firing on November 14 has been denied by the Indian Army, saying there were no casualties due to Pak firing on 14,15,16 November. Pakistan Army has claimed that its troops killed around 11 Indian soldiers during cross-border firing at an international border.
No fatal casualties due to Pak on 14, 15,16Nov. Pak army chief claim of killing India Soldiers on 14 November is false,” India Army’s Northern Command tweeted.
According to a report in Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, Gen. Sharif on Wednesday said 11 Indian troops were killed on November 14 in retaliated firing by our soldiers to unprovoked firing.” Earlier on November14, Pakistan said around 7 soldiers of our army were killed by the India troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian Army should accept the losses as Pakistan
Gen Sharif challenged the Indian Army to accept the truth of its losses as on the other hand Pakistan army is accepting its casualties happened during cross-firing by both rivals’ forces.
He also refused India’s claim of surgical strike, saying it was limited to meager words and New Delhi had to face embarrassment over the claim, Pakistan’s popular TV Channel Geo News reported.
The relation of both countries have changed into hostility after Indian soldiers on September 29 crossed the LoC and hit militants preparing to sneak into from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The surgical strike was carried out by India after 11days of attacked by Pakistani militants on an army base in Uri in which 19 soldiers were killed.
Tension between both nations is the reason of India refusing SAARC Summit
The two sides have exchanged heavy firing and mortar attack beside the border at LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in which a number of innocent and soldiers were killed on both sides. Viewing rising tension in the areas situated nearby the border have been ordered to evacuate by the India. Due to the clash between both countries, India had also refused to join Saarc Summit, hosted by Islamabad in Pakistan.
On the other hand, early December, India will host Heart of Asia conference on Afghanistan, an effort to rebuild the war-ravaged country. Pakistan foreign policy affairs Chief Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday he would be in Amritsar for the meet, which will give chance to neighbors to bring down the temperature.
