Pakistani air force chief warns India against full-scale war

“Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has condemned in the strongest words the unprovoked firing by Indian security forces on a civil bus carrying innocent civilians along LoC near Neelum valley today”, said a statement by his office. He said the “mutual sequestration” of the India-Pakistan economies was holding back the region from becoming a “boomzone”.

Johnson vowed to work with Pakistan on economic and security fronts to boost the ties adding that Pakistan sacrificed a lot in fight against terror.

The Prime Minister was briefed by Foreign Affairs Minister Sartaj Aziz, DG ISI Lt.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s air force chief has warned India against escalating the Kashmir issue into ‘full-scale war’.

“We are fully aware of the escalation in conflict arising from the Uri incident in Occupied Kashmir…”

Sharif’s remarks, made during a high-level meeting chaired to review the LoC situation, came a day after Pakistan claimed that nine of its civilians and three soldiers were killed in firing by the Indian Army.

An Indian farmer loads harvested rice crop for transportation near the India-Pakistan global border in Ranbir Singh Pura, about 25 kilometers from Jammu, India, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016.

A senior army official told Mirror that since September 29, Indian and Pakistani soldiers have exchanged fire in different sectors of Jammu and Kashmir more than 300 times. Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India, contributed. The DGMO also spoke about his concerns regarding civilian casualties in India.

He said over one hundred and fifty people have so far been martyred by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir.

Tens of thousands of Indian troops have been deployed to the region and dozens of people have lost their lives in the ensuing crackdown.

The protests have largely subsided but a crackdown on suspected protesters is continuing.

“The Secretary-General trusts that the Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan can find common ground and work towards a sustainable peace”, the United Nations statement said.