November 13, 2001	Tuesday	Shaba’an 26, 1422

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan army on Sunday night effectively repulsed an unprovoked Indian attack in the Gyong sector, Siachen.

According to the Inter-Service Public Relations on Monday, approximately a company strength of Indian army supported by heavy artillery and mortar fire attacked a Pakistani post situated in Gyong in a bid to occupy it. The Pakistani soldiers manning the post detected the Indian move and repulsed the attack, inflicting heavy casualties upon the Indian troops.

The bodies of three soldiers were still lying abandoned near the post, the ISPR said.

In another incident along the Line of Control the same night, Indian forces resorted to indiscriminate mortar and small arm firing on innocent civilians in Hajipir area of the Bagh sector and Eftikharabad area of the Chamb sector. As a result, Mohammad Yaqub, a resident of the Khawaja Bandi village, died.

Most recently, Indians have stepped up firing across the LoC due to which on Nov 7, Shafiq, 12, a resident of the Authmuqam Valley, and Ashraf, 16, a resident of the Khawaja Bandi village, were injured due to splinters, the ISPR added.—APP