RAWALPINDI:
Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred on Wednesday when Indian forces opened
unprovoked fire across the Line of Control (LoC), said the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR).
The
latest incident of unprovoked firing occurred in the Bhimber sector of the
LoC.
The
martyred soldiers were identified as Sipahi Munir Chauhan and Sipahi Amir
Hussain, added ISPR.
In a
separate incident in January,
four Army soldiers were martyred when Indian forces opened fire.
According to the army's media wing, ISPR, the soldiers were working on lines communication maintenance in the Jandrot and Kotli sectors of Azad Jammu and Kashmir when they were attacked with heavy mortar fire.
The firing left all four soldiers dead.
According to the ISPR, the Pakistan Army responded to the attack and killed three Indian soldiers and injured many others. ndia frequently opens unprovoked fire across the LoC, resulting in the martyrdom of civilians and army officials.
On December 25, 2017, three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred as Indian forces opened fire along the LoC's Rakhchikri sector.
One other soldier was injured in the unprovoked firing.
According to the Foreign Office, India committed 70 ceasefire violations in the first 12 days of the year and 1,900 in 2017.
Read more: The uniformed martyrs of 2017
Frequent
violations
India
frequently opens unprovoked fire across the LoC, resulting in the martyrdom of
civilians and army officials.
The FO
has said that in 2018, Indian forces carried out over 400 ceasefire violations
along the LoC and the Working Boundary, resulting in 18 civilians being
martyred while 68 were injured.
According
to the Foreign Office, India committed 1,900 violations in 2017.
DEC 25
Three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred when Indian
forces opened fire along the Line of Control, a statement by the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR) stated.
The incident occurred in the Rakhchikri sector of the
Line of Control (LoC). One other soldier was injured in the incident of
unprovoked firing.
Fatalities in Terrorist Violence in Pakistan
2003-2018
|
|
Civilians
|
Security Force
Personnel
|
Terrorists/Insurgents
|
Total
|
|
2000
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
45
|
|
2001
|
29
|
9
|
0
|
38
|
|
2002
|
88
|
7
|
44
|
139
|
|
2003
|
140
|
24
|
25
|
189
|
|
2004
|
435
|
184
|
244
|
863
|
|
2005
|
430
|
81
|
137
|
648
|
|
2006
|
608
|
325
|
538
|
1471
|
|
2007
|
1522
|
597
|
1479
|
3598
|
|
2008
|
2155
|
654
|
3906
|
6715
|
|
2009
|
2324
|
991
|
8389
|
11704
|
|
2010
|
1796
|
469
|
5170
|
7435
|
|
2011
|
2738
|
765
|
2800
|
6303
|
|
2012
|
3007
|
732
|
2472
|
6211
|
|
2013
|
3001
|
676
|
1702
|
5379
|
|
2014
|
1781
|
533
|
3182
|
5496
|
|
2015
|
940
|
339
|
2403
|
3682
|
|
2016
|
612
|
293
|
898
|
1803
|
|
2017
|
540
|
208
|
512
|
1260
|
|
2018
|
24
|
34
|
31
|
89
|
|
Total*
|
22215
|
6921
|
33932
|
63068
|
*Data till February 25, 2018
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