Islamabad on Thursday summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale at the Foreign Office and protested over the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers in an exchange of fire with Indian forces.
Pakistan demanded answer from the India government over the killings of the two soldiers along the Line of Control, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The exchange of fire took place in the Bhimber, Hot Spring, Kel and Lipa sectors in Azad Kashmir, and lasted about six hours, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement earlier on Thursday.
Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt-Gen Ranbir Singh claimed Indian Army had conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads along the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Pakistan’s military media wing, ISPR, however, refuted the Indian claim. “The notion of surgical strike linked to alleged terrorist bases is an illusion being deliberately generated by Indian to create false effects.”
Tension between Pakistan and India has been high since an Indian crackdown on dissent in Kashmir following the killing by security forces of Burhan Wani, a young separatist leader, in July.
Both the South Asian rivals claim Kashmir in full, but govern separate parts, and have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir.
