LoC incidents not to affect Pakistan-India dialogue, hopes Khar

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. — File photo

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said she hoped that the incidents reported on the line of control (LoC) would not affect the dialogue that has been underway between India and Pakistan, DawnNews reported.
Khar claimed there were contradictions in the statements of Indian officials with regard to the incidents.
The foreign minister added that Pakistani media had played a positive role in the matter.
Earlier on Wednesday, Khar had appeared on India’s Times Now news channel and had issued a firm denial and criticised the statements by authorities in New Delhi about the alleged killing of two Indian soldiers in Kashmir.
India had accused Pakistan of sending troops across the heavily militarised LoC on Tuesday and had said two of its soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a half-hour gunfight.
The Pakistani army had later denied what it said were Indian allegations of “unprovoked firing” across the LoC.
The incident came two days after a clash along the LoC in which Pakistan said one of its soldiers had been killed after an Indian incursion. India had denied its troops crossed the line.