Seven killed in Indian shelling along Working Boundary in Sialkot

A file photo of Indian security forces across the LoC.

At least seven people, including a woman, were killed on Friday as India’s Border Security Force (BSF) resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling in Charwa Sector near the Sialkot Working Boundary, Radio Pakistan reported.

Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling in Sujeet Garh, Kundanpur and Dhamala of the Charwa sector. Pakistan’s Chenab Rangers responded befittingly to the Indian firing.

On August 17, Pakistan registered yet again a strong protest with India over ‘unprovoked’ firing by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that killed three civilians. This was the third time in a week that the Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned to the Foreign Office to convey Islamabad’s deep concerns over unabated ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the LoC that divides the disputed Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Islamabad noted with regret and deep concern that during the last two months, so far, there had been 70 ceasefire violations from the Indian side of the LoC and the working boundary, according to the statement. India, on the other hand, has accused Pakistan of violating the ceasefire.

There is no let-up in incidents of cross-border firing along the LoC and working boundary even though the two neighbours.