KAKUL( Pakistan): Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif Saturday vowed to thwart any aggression against the country, in a thinly-veiled warning to arch rival India after a spate of deadly cross-border firing incidents in Kashmir.
At least 17 civilians have been killed on both sides of Kashmir respectively controlled by India and Pakistani and thousands across the LOC, the de facto border have fled their homes since October 6, which marked the beginning of some of the worst frontier shelling in years.
Sentiments of goodwill and amity notwithstanding, let there be no doubt that any aggression against our beloved country will get a befitting response and no sacrifice will be too great in this sacred cause, Gen Raheel said, in an apparent swipe at India.
The nuclear-armed neighbours, who have fought two full fledged wars over Kashmir and nearly went for the third in 1991, have traded blame for the recent violence there.
We persistently seek peace in the region and beyond, Sharif said while addressing a parade at a military academy near Islamabad.
But lasting peace in the region will only come about with the fair and just resolution of Kashmir issue, he added.
Pakistan Army on Tuesday said it had voiced concern to India at continued firing across the Kashmir frontier and in Punjab province when senior officials from both sides spoke via a special hotline.
Clashes occur regularly along the disputed border known as Line of Control (LOC) as well as along the frontier dividing Indian Kashmir from Pakistans Punjab province.
Further, the chief said the people of Kashmir should decide their fate as the quest for peace is the nations greatest strength.
Lasting peace in the region will only come about with a fair and just resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the will of Kashmiri people, as enshrined in the UN resolution, said General Sharif.
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