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[Daily Excelsior] Defence Minister Manohar Parikar today said that after facing defeat in face to face battles, Pakistain is engaging in a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmire and will be given a befitting reply.Speaking at a function to pay homage to Major Somnath Sharma, the first Param Vir Chakra awardee of independent India, and other soldiers who laid down their lives while pushing back an offensive by Pak raiders to control Srinagar Airport in 1947, Parrikar said: "Pakistain has always been trying to occupy Jammu and Kashmire and we consider this land (Jammu and Kashmire) and its people as our integral part. After facing defeat in face to face battles, Pakistain is now engaging in a proxy war on this paradise on earth. They also targeted others parts of the country as well. Our soldiers are fighting this battle with professionalism."
The Defence Minister, while addressing a gathering of the ex-servicemen, at the function said: "On this occasion, let us renew the pledge to give fitting reply to the proxy war and end the terrorism here."