NEW DELHI: Tension between India and Pakistan continued to rise on Wednesday. In a tit-for-tat action, the Pakistan Army released a video purportedly showing heavy damage it had inflicted on Indian military posts across the Line of Control. The video emerged hours after the Indian Army released a clip showing Pakistan Army’s posts, that were allegedly aiding infiltration, being destroyed.
“The Pakistan Air Force has made all its forward operating bases operational in response to India’s threats,” claimed media reports coming from Islamabad. According to the reports, Pakistan’s airbase in Skardu region has also been upgraded. Visting the base, Pakistan Air Force chief Sohail Aman reacted sharply to India’s claims of destroying bases across LoC. “Our response to any aggression by the enemy will be such that their future generations will also remember it,” he is reported to have said.
His visit coincided with reports in Pakistani media that its Air Force flew fighter jets near the Siachen Glacier — the world’s highest battleground — on Wednesday. However, the Indian Air Force denied any violation of its airspace.
A senior Indian Army official dismissed Pakistan’s video as a sign of desperation. He also denied damage to any Indian posts in the sector, and added that the impact of fire was not clear in the video released.
“There is concern that it was blown by them from within,” he said. “Indian posts in Bimber sector, where they claim this attack occurred, are hardened concrete bunkers.
It does not seem so in the video.” Army sources also added that there was no unusual movement along the LoC.
Meanwhile, a Chinese couple working as languages teachers in the Pakistani city of Quetta were kidnapped by armed men from their house. The incident is likely to raise concerns in Beijing about its huge investment plans in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.