Pakistan infiltration attempts register a spurt

         



                 In what seems a spate of ceasefire violations, Pakistan's Border Action Team fired anonymously along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector of Jammu & Kashmir. The Pak troopers intruded into Indian territory around midnight on Monday, and ambushed an Indian military post, killing 5 Indian jawans, about 450 m. inside Indian territory. J&K CM Omar Abdullah stated that these incidents would not help in establishing cordial relations with Pakistan at all. Army Chief Gen. Bikram Singh will be handling this crucial situation. 

 



               As reported by the defence ministry, Pakistan has violated the border ceasefire a mighty 57 times this year, an 80% rise since last year. This intense situation looms over the resumption of India-Pakistan peace talks, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next month, the first since the election of the new Pak PM Nawaz Sharif. Earlier on Monday a BSF jawan was severely injured in two rounds of sniper firing from the Pakistan side near the Narainpur border outpost in Samba district.
               On July 27, the ceasefire was flouted once again, due to heavy firing exchanges within a space of 10 hours involving use of machine guns, mortars and RPGs, along the Poonch and Kathua districts. July 3 saw a couple of IED blasts carried out Pakistani militants along the Poonch border. On July 12, Pakistani Ranger fired along the Pindi belt albeit, it being the international border near Jammu district. A similar horrifying incident happened when an 2 Indian soldiers was beheaded in the Mendhar sector on January 8.
               Defense minister AK Antony stated that all violations will be taken up with Pakistani military authorities by means of hotline or flag meetings. Belligerent Pakistan officials termed this violation as a false 'accusation'. Experts are warning India to step up security along the fronts as Pakistan's ISI may push Afghan Taliban fighters to terror camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan.
               Meanwhile, AK Antony downplayed the recent flurry of Chinese incursions saying that the transgressions would be controlled, and they were only caused due to no delineation of the LAC.