Even the new Pak premier has repeated his resolve to have peaceful relation with Delhi, it seems it is still the Rawalpindi, the army headquarters that control Islamabad and not the other way around. A junior Commissioned officer of the Army was killed when Pakistan opened heavy fire with automatic weapons and rockets on the Indian posts along the LoC in the Poonch sector yesterday, in the third cease fire violation in a fortnight.
One of the rockets hit Lonawali post on the Line of Control (LoC) in which one splinter hit JCO Naib Subedar Bachan Singh of Garhwal Regiment resulting in his death, a senior Army officer said. The latest incident comes barely two days after Nawaz Sharif took over as Pakistan premier. Sharif had yesterday vowed to "progressively pursue" normalcy in ties with Delhi while actively seeking solutions to outstanding issues, including Kashmir.
Pakistani troops opened heavy firing with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades on the Indian posts along the LoC in Subjian sub-sector of Poonch at around 1 pm, the officer said. Indian troops retaliated after the unprovoked firing, he said, adding the exchange of fire was continuing till late in the day.
The Army suspects that the firing was aimed at providing a cover to infiltrators trying to sneak in the Indian side. The entire area has been cordoned off and a search operation has been launched, he said. Earlier, on May 27, Pakistani troops had pounded Indian posts along the LoC in the same Poonch sector with rockets. A Brigadier and two jawans were injured on May 24, when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions along the LoC in the Tutmari Gali sector in J&K.
