ISLAMABAD: Pakistani military sources confirmed that Indian Border Security Forces resorted to unprovoked firing on Pakistani rangers posts in Charwah sector near Sialkot this morning.

"Pakistani forces effectively responded to Indian firing. No damage or loss reported", a Pakistan military source told Dawn.

Meanwhile, The Times of India website reported that one of its BSF guards was killed and three others, including civilians, wounded in firing from the Pakistani side of the border.

The report further said that this was the third incident during the month adding that 24 similar cross-border skirmishes had taken between April-June.

Pakistan Rangers guard the border on the Pakistani side while the Border Security Force guards the international border on the Indian side.

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