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Soldier martyred, woman dead in unprovoked firing by Indian troops across LoC
[DAWN] A Pakistain Army soldier was martyred after Indian troops resorted to "unprovoked firing" in the Hajipir sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... , Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. The official was identified by the military's media wing as 33-year-old Havaldar Nasir Hussain, a resident of Narowal, who had been in service for 16 years. A second ISPR statement issued later in the day said Indian troops had also resorted to unprovoked firing in Nakyal and Jandrot sectors, targeting the civilian population. As a result of the firing, a woman identified as Fatima Bibi, a 40-year-old resident of village Balakot, died, while six others including four women sustained injuries. The injured were evacuated to a nearby medical facility for medical treatment, the blurb added. Pictures shared by the villagers on social media showed smoke rising from the mountains where mortar shells from across the LoC had landed. Several houses were also damaged. Shariq Talat, a disaster management officer in Kotli, told Dawn that besides Fatima Bibi, seven others were maimed in "indiscriminate" Indian shelling. They were identified as Nazia Bibi, 36; Shah Begum, 70; Gul Yasmin, 50, and her 21-year-old daughter Shumaila; Muhammad Lal in Daryari Paalani village; Muhammad Ilyas, 28, a resident of Androth Palani village; and Muhammad Sabir, 48, in Dharoti Mohra. He said that two buffalos and a goat owned by Muhammad Lal were also killed in the shelling. According to civilian and military sources, at least 38 civilians have been killed and 187 maimed in ceasefire violations by the Indian army in different areas of AJK along the LoC in 2019. Apart from them, as many as 18 soldiers have also bit the dust. Related: Unprovoked firing: 2019-07-31 2 killed, at least 19 injured due to 'carpet bombing' by Indian troops along LoC Unprovoked firing: 2019-06-21 Four Dolphin personnel suspended for injuring youngster Unprovoked firing: 2019-03-06 Jawan injured in Pak shelling Related: Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-09-12 India irked over reference to occupied Kashmir in Pak-China joint statement Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-09-10 22 arrested as pro-independence sit-in continues in Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-09-09 Pakistan rejects India's efforts to portray 'normalcy' in occupied Kashmir Posted by: Fred 2019-09-15 |
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