Cross-border firing kills two soldiers in Narowal: Chenab Rangers
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SIALKOT: Cross-border firing between Pakistani border guards and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel killed two soldiers in the Shakargarh sector of Narowal district on Wednesday, a Chenab Rangers spokesman said.
The dead included Naik Riaz Shakar and Lance Naik Safdar of Chenab Rangers, the spokesman said, adding that the exchange broke out ahead of a flag meeting ceremony in the sector.
The spokesman said that a commander from the Indian side had requested a meeting and when two representatives from the Rangers contacted them, the Indians opened fire.
Read: India, Pakistan skirmish at LoC kills 9 civilians
Earlier in October and November, skirmishes at the Indo-Pak border increased hostilities between the two countries with both accusing each other of initiating the firing.
Reportedly more than 20 people had lost their lives on both sides of the border.
Read: Three killed in cross border firing along India-Pakistan working boundary
Pakistan protests, summons Indian envoy
The Indian Deputy High Commissioner was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today to lodge a strong protest on the unprovoked firing of Indian troops in the Zafarwal Sector.
“The Government of Pakistan strongly condemned the action of the BSF troops, which is in violation of the commitment by both sides to maintain ceasefire along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said in a statement.
She said the government of India has been urged to investigate the incident, bring the perpetrators to justice, and ensure maintenance of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.
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Dec 31, 2014 02:56pm
Why Pakistani media report always late about cross boarder firing ??
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Dec 31, 2014 03:39pm
Why Pakistani media is not maintaining an offensive posture against such border fires on IB from India ????????
The Indians always accuse and hold Pakistan responsible for such incidents.
It is a serious issue and we should return the offences in a strong way.
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Dec 31, 2014 05:22pm
India and Pakistan - please grow up and act like responsible neighbors. Please stop this insanity of firing at each other for no reason at all. Besides causing injuries to each other's people, you are wasting money since bullets are not for free.
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Dec 31, 2014 05:45pm
Its time rangers respond forcefully for cross border firing. Moozi must be told in clear words Pakistan is NOT Gujrat.
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Dec 31, 2014 05:46pm
@Desi Dimag Very simple, Pakistani media come to know about incident after it occurred while Indian media know it before.
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Dec 31, 2014 05:46pm
'A happy new year' with 'love' from India. LOL!
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Dec 31, 2014 05:58pm
Unprovoked attack on Pakistani soldiers is condemnable in strongest words.
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Dec 31, 2014 06:00pm
That's disgusting. Killing men after calling for a flag meeting?
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Dec 31, 2014 06:01pm
Formal apology by the Chief of Indian army and compensation for the soldier's families should be the minimum requirement by Pakistan and If India does not accept, we should make sure they regret it dearly. Enough of the bully.
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Dec 31, 2014 06:07pm
Where are advocates of Aman ki Asha????
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Dec 31, 2014 06:13pm
Back to square one !!!!!
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Dec 31, 2014 06:33pm
Why there are so many frequent border skirmishes ? This senseless killings must stop
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Dec 31, 2014 06:49pm
What is this non-sense. These two countries should grow up and behave. Shame on politicians of India and Pakistan.
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Dec 31, 2014 06:53pm
I personally am fed up of these news of cross border firing. The poor lower ranks die in these kind of incidents. The smart nations are doing much better things while India and Pakistan continue to kill each other's poor lower rank soldiers. Neither India has conquered Pakistani land nor Pakistan has conquered Indian land, then why the life of poor on both sides go for no good reason.
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Dec 31, 2014 07:05pm
this was not a cross fire. it was one way brutality!
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Dec 31, 2014 07:23pm
World share flowers and India - Pak exchange bullets on Happy New Year .
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Dec 31, 2014 07:25pm
@M. Siddique
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Dec 31, 2014 07:28pm
A coward act to request flg meeting and then open fire on the party instead. Shame
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Dec 31, 2014 07:32pm
@Abdul Latif Bhat Yes, it is indeed a tragic relationship, I wonder if it will ever be better..
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Dec 31, 2014 09:15pm
This must stop completely. Killing anyone is dirty act.
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Dec 31, 2014 09:30pm
Any how happy New year to all. New yr may bring some sense to the masters. Six decades of constant bickering has brought us to the state we are in let's stop it now divert our resources to our common problems of unemployment, starvation deaths, illiteracy, rural health, infra and so on
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Dec 31, 2014 09:50pm
Your media will tell you what they want you to hear and ours the same
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Dec 31, 2014 10:00pm
Truth is the first casualty in Pakistan India encounters and as a result no one is sure what actually happened. Activating the UN observers is the only answer. If India does not agree, let us request the UN from our side and make their findings public.
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Dec 31, 2014 10:01pm
The Pakistani and Indian accounts on the same incident are poles apart. Each claim their army isn't at fault as they retaliated because the other started the crossfire.
It's serious, we can't loose precious lives and immaturely blame each other for this.
Peace loving citizens must go beyond talks and discuss how we can work together to stop such meaningless acts of violence.
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Dec 31, 2014 11:31pm
Its impossible to say who fired first. Both claim the other side did it first. Remember that a child is orphaned every time on either side. The mischief makers on both sides will never want the border to be peaceful. They make real solid money out of the heat on the border. There is saying: there is always a businessman behind any battler.
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Dec 31, 2014 11:36pm
As usual, both sides blame each other and claim they retaliated. UN force should be brought in. The soldier who dies in such actions is always the poorest. On both sides they face corruption, arrogance and supression from their own superiors and then die taking a senseless bullet from the other side
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Dec 31, 2014 11:41pm
I have stopped following these cross border firing news - media covers only one-side of the story which was evident in the incidents all along this year.
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Jan 01, 2015 12:19am
@V-India
Thanks, likewise.
It will, God willing!
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Jan 01, 2015 12:51am
Rest in peace the martyred soldiers. Salute to them who gave their lives defending our country. Such incidents should be condemned by the PM, President at the highest level.
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Jan 01, 2015 01:27am
I am consider my self strong nationalist but if the news is correct then it is madness nothing else and deplorable. Perhaps fear psychosis is major player here.
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Jan 01, 2015 01:36am
Innocent fauzi are being killed to satisfy our ego. Leave aside ego and think yourself in place of a fauzi on duty in extreme odd conditions. Most of Indian or Pakistani will not be able to sustain for few hours and we want our men to slaughter and be slaughtered like some animal to satisfy our false ego.
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Jan 01, 2015 01:51am
@Ahmer , do you really think that UN listens to you, they themselves are a big joke.
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Jan 01, 2015 02:12am
The account does not ring true. If the Commander on the Indian side requested a meeting, Pakistani side would have sent some senior officers not privates or corporals (I think Naik, and Lance Naik mean Private and Lance Corporal ).
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Jan 01, 2015 02:24am
USA and Canada shared world largest land border but you will not hear any single bullet been fired on their border. How unfortunate for both countries that we are still unable to resolve our border issues even after almost 7 decades.......????
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Jan 01, 2015 02:40am
There is a BSF personnel dead on Indian side too. Independent of who violated the cease-fire; causalities are on both sides which means both sides fired on each other.
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Jan 01, 2015 03:02am
@V-Indian May Indians development agenda not derailed by Hindu terrorists and hope india to see 2016 as one country
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Jan 01, 2015 03:27am
@Syed Husain
I agree, but as an Indian I don't see why we would needlessly open fire across the border.
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Jan 01, 2015 07:21am
Indian media reports are entirely different. Both sides should give their official reports and they should be published in papers side by side in both India and Pakistan. Only one sided reports should not be allowed to be published, either in India or Pakistan. This way, the people have a right to know and weigh both the reports.
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Jan 01, 2015 07:33am
As an Indian I am feeling ashamed and sorry this whole concept of nationalism makes us so insensitive towards the loss of life on the other side
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Jan 01, 2015 09:04am
Interesting.....flag meeting to be attended by couple of JCOs....... No officers.
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Jan 01, 2015 09:12am
I usually read these kind of news from both India and Pakistan media to hear both side of the story. You never know who is telling the truth :( Feeling sorry for all the poor soldiers from both the sides.
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Jan 01, 2015 09:38am
We are fools. Both countries are under the control of nonsense selfish leaders. Stop killings. Act for the development. I feel very sad when I compare our countries with developed nations. All our resources are utilised for stupid things. Both the countries have talented people but no use. We common citizens of both the counties should form a common platform to fight against these stupid leaders.
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Jan 01, 2015 09:44am
@vinay singh
We all should be ashamed.
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Jan 01, 2015 09:55am
India 4-1 Pakistan
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Jan 01, 2015 10:00am
Pakistan must acknowledge the big brother. No other way around it. Chest thumping and and rhetoric won't get you anywhere.
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Jan 01, 2015 11:16am
Read Indian papers
The story is opposite. You can see dead bodies. They mention four rangers killed and on BSF killed
Pak media only gives one side.
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Jan 01, 2015 05:12pm
@Jawad
As Indian and human I am feeling ashamed. It is that long and we still have to kill innocent lives. Shame on us.
We should setup inquiry and implement the proper protocol.
US and Russia literally put gun on each other head. Still they figure out the protocol to avoid escalations. Why cannot we do that??? We don't have to be friend to avoid killing of innocent soldiers. Please stop.
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Jan 02, 2015 09:17am
@Dr. Sadaf Yeah, Anyone who do not listen to you is a big joke. You have made entire world a joke for that matter.
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Jan 02, 2015 05:03pm
Terrible news about the murder of two great Jawans. May they rest in peace.
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