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India requests Pakistan to halt artillery fire along LoC after heavy losses

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ISLAMABAD: The Indian army has requested Pakistan to stop the use of artillery fire after it suffered heavy losses in the recent military standoff between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, official sources disclosed here on Monday.

It is not immediately clear if Pakistan has accepted India’s request but development suggests that the two countries might be discussing the options of de-escalating tensions along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.

It also indicates that the channel of communications that were suspended during the military standoff in February may have been restored.
Last week, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria held an important meeting with Foreign Secretary Dr Sohail Mehmood at the Foreign Office.

Details of that meeting were not shared with the media but the Indian request seeking end to the artillery use was believed to be one of the talking points.

Neither the Foreign Office nor the military’s media wing was immediately available to comment on the Indian request.

Giving background of the Indian request, sources said on February 28, a day after Pakistan shot down two Indian fighter jets and captured one of its pilots, intense exchange of fire took place between the two countries along the LoC.

There was “massive exchange” of fire and Pakistan’s befitting reply to the Indian misadventure destroyed several Indian posts. At least 34 Indian soldiers were killed on that day because of the LoC fire, the sources added.

At a recent news briefing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor also said that Pakistan’s response had compelled the Indian military to change their positions on February 28.

Relations between Pakistan and India have been on the edge since the February 14 attack on the convoy of a Indian paramilitary police in Pulwama.

At least 40 Indian police personnel were killed when a local Kashmiri, Adil Ahmed Dar, rammed his vehicle laden with explosives into the convoy carrying personal of Indian Central Reserve Police Force.

India was quick to blame Pakistan and barely two weeks after the Pulwama incident sent its fighter jets across the LoC.

New Delhi claimed that its fighter jets targeted the so-called terror camps in Balakot.

However, evidence on the ground and several independent accounts contradicted the Indian version.

Pakistan, which called the Indian aggression as violation of its sovereignty, retaliated the next day by engaging targets across the border but dropped the missile in open fields just to show that it had the will and capacity to hit back.

The retaliation triggered a dog fight, leaving two Indian fighter jets’ downed. Pakistan also captured one of the Indian pilots but released him quickly in order to defuse the impending crises.


Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1972361/1-india-requests-pakistan-halt-artillery-fire-along-loc/
 
Pakistan and India are both requesting Danaerys to chill out and stop her dragon raids in the region. They have offered mentos and other mouth fresheners to them both!
 
That's it lads hit them back hard bringing Modi on his knee's. Sure Pak sources copied it like Indians recently did the tribute song to the Pak army:uakmal.
 
Lol. Pak Media just copied what Indian media posted and just made the narrative opposite. Laughable.
 
Not sure what's funny, it was posted several days before the article in the OP and across multiple sites. It looks like the Pakistani sources just copied it but in reverse.

lol Awww that was cute by the Pakistani media.... :angel:
 
Typical of the press to push their national agendas, the truth is that both armies have probably suffered losses and asked for deescalation
 
It says according to a media report and guess from whom that media report is from...
HINDUSTAN TIMES.
And a credible third party used an Indian source as compared to the Pakistani one. Tells you which one they find more credible
 
And a credible third party used an Indian source as compared to the Pakistani one. Tells you which one they find more credible

Not really. Hindustan times posted their article first hence rt used it.
 
This is comical on both side. We are at low intensity war footings at the moment and not playing tag with each other. Neither side will ask nor will the other side stop whatever military actions it is taking. Why would you stop if you have inflicted losses on the other side and have an advantage?
Pak Army's stance has always been that they respond to Indian aggression in kind and will dominate the escalation ladder to paraphrase Gen Ghafoor :). This happened right after Swift Retort so I would think India was lashing out :P

In the past both side's DGMO (Director General Military Operations) had a direct hotline to prevent and de-escalate situations but I believe that is no longer available in the past 2-3 years owing to India's belligerent stance.

On a separate note, we need a Gen Ghafoor smiley :D
 
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