Bunyanum Marsoos: COAS says unified response marks defining chapter in Pakistan’s military history

Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir has said that the Pakistan Army’s “resolute and unified response” during Operation Bunyanum Marsoos constitutes a “defining chapter” in the country’s military history.

A statement from the Inter Services Public Relations said the army chief made the comments while visiting the Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi today to enquire after the well-being of soldiers and civilians wounded during the conflict period of Marka-i-Haq and the aforementioned operation.

Ceasefire violation by Indian troops kills one more in AJK

Indian troops have violated the ceasefire agreement by resorting to ‘unprovoked’ shelling across the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the death of a young man in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), officials said.

According to Sardar Waheed Khan, Director General of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Indian forces targeted several villages in the Nakyal sector of southern Kotli district shortly after 11pm, using both small and heavy arms during a 40-minute barrage.

In Bari Dhara Mathrani, one of the affected villages, 32-year-old Muhammad Shahid, son of Muhammad Taj, sustained critical abdominal injuries when shrapnel from a mortar shell struck him.

He was initially treated at the THQ Hospital in Nakyal and later referred to the DHQ Hospital in Kotli, where he succumbed to his wounds at around 1am.

Pakistan rubbishes repeated Indian allegations of ceasefire violations: state media

Pakistan has rubbished what it says is a continuation of a “series of false allegations from India” about ceasefire violations, state media PTV News reports citing security sources.

“Indian media is spreading fabricated and false news about drone violations from Pakistan. No Pakistani drone has crossed the border or Line of Control.

“Indian media reports are, as always, a bundle of lies. Pakistan is fully adhering to the ceasefire. In reality, Indian drones are violating the ceasefire at the Line of Control and Working Boundary,” the statement said.