RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Army troops responded befittingly to Indianaggression in the Bagsar Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday,dealing heavy losses to the Indian Army in terms of men and material,Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) informed in a tweet.

Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army, Naik Shahjahan (35) and Sepoy Hameed(21) embraced martyrdom in the exchange of fire while fighting valiantly,the military’s media wing said.

Relations between the two nuclear-armed countries have been tense eversince Islamabad exposed the Indian terror nexus to malign Pakistan’s imageand destabilisation in the South Asian country.

On February 26, 2019, Indian aircraft intruded into Pakistani territory anddropped their payload Balakot, making a hasty retreat as the PAF jetschased them out of Pakistan’s airspace.

The next day, the PAF shot down two Indian army planes in broad daylightand captured Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was later released byPakistan as a “peace gesture” towards India.

Pakistan-India ties had then deteriorated further when New Delhi scrappedArticle 370 of the Indian constitution, stripping occupied Kashmir of itsspecial status and the freedoms that came along with it.