Times of Islamabad

Indian Military s back channels diplomatic contacts with Pakistani counterparts

Indian Military s back channels diplomatic contacts with Pakistani counterparts

*RAWALPINDI – India on Monday requested Pakistan Army to stop artilleryfiring along the Line of Control (LoC).*

According to the Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR) Director General (DG)Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, during the recent escalation with India, PakistanArmy inflicted heavy losses to India. The ISPR DG revealed the heavy lossof India during his press conference.

On February 28, 34 Indian soldiers were killed by the artillery firing byPakistan Army and India had to change its gun positions.

It is worth mention here that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had also shot downtwo Indian Air Force jets on the same day.

The *Pakistan Air Force (PAF)*linkshotdown two Indian jets and one pilot was arrested on Wednesday, giving thefirst surprise to India.

According to the ISPR, the Indian jets had violated the Line of Control.The PAF gave a timely response and destroyed them.

The Pak Army jawans arrested a pilot who was later identified as Abhinandan.

The wreckage of one of the jets fell in the Pakistani territory, while thewreckage of another jet fell in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.