Rangers refuse to accept sweets from Indians
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LAHORE: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to Pakistan Rangers on Monday to mark their country’s Republic Day but the latter refused to accept them, sources said.
The refusal to accept the sweets is aimed at making it clear that Pakistan Rangers are unhappy with the indiscriminate firing and shelling the BSF has been resorting to along the border, according to the sources.
The firing and shelling have left a number of people dead.
This is the first time that sweets offered by the BSF have been refused.
Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2015
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Jan 27, 2015 08:30am
May not be the smartest of the moves!!
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Jan 27, 2015 08:32am
Probably they are still mourning about the death of Saudi king.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:39am
Sweet...good going pak
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Jan 27, 2015 08:43am
I never understood this sweet giving/taking business!! Half the days you are shooting each other (actually, thats also not true..half the times you are just shooting random warning shots! wasting bullets and making some western country richer!) and then you suddenly feel all brotherly and give n take sweets on other days!! Bizarre tradition we have..either stop shooting or stop this sweets business!
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Jan 27, 2015 08:45am
Good step by Pak Rangers.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:52am
Bravo!
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Jan 27, 2015 08:55am
Shud hv offered petrol I guess... Or may be a generator with diesel full...
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Jan 27, 2015 09:02am
For a moment bonhomie was set aside by Indian media when they started to criticize their chief guest Obama...merely for chewing gum...Indian media should know how to behave properly and to treat their guests with utmost respect...
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Jan 27, 2015 09:05am
Well done, they should go and feed some of it to Modi and Obama...
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Jan 27, 2015 09:07am
For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. So why refuse sweets ?
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Jan 27, 2015 09:15am
Thank you bold step by rangers no friendship with India without Indian mindset change
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Jan 27, 2015 09:43am
@Naman
......or may be the guys are suffering from diabetes.
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Jan 27, 2015 09:47am
Pakistan is acting like a kid here. Refusing to accept sweets!!! Really now?
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Jan 27, 2015 09:52am
well done, our brave soldiers.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:01am
@Sharath Chandra Such border violation started by your forces dear but your media wont tell you.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:08am
Thee wagah border ceremony should be stopped. These old fashioned military show are a remnant bygone times...they only serve to enhance hatred..india and pakistan should go their own separate ways.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:22am
OMG so brave, they refused sweets, i'm so impressed OMG.
You all realize it would have taken a lot more for a Ranger to put aside decades to animosity for a simple gesture of friendliness. That would have been real bravery.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:43am
Ridiculous move. They are our neighbour and we should have greeted them on their Republic day.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:49am
Very good Response. Bravo.
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Jan 27, 2015 11:19am
Was it a matter of prestige and honor..Bad things do happen; how we respond to them defines our character and the quality of our life. we can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of our loss, or we can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift we both have - life itself....And top it off with sweets and sweet memories....
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Jan 27, 2015 12:30pm
we are big bothers should ignore such issues and move on
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Jan 27, 2015 01:16pm
Big hearted people in deed!
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Jan 27, 2015 03:29pm
@Karthik well said :)
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Jan 27, 2015 03:44pm
@Tranquil and as if your media tells you the truth each time and as if you know how to accept & deal with truth in the face value. Do you remember Richard Clarke's comment? If not just google for "pathological liars".
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Jan 27, 2015 03:46pm
Indian Army is just being aggressive in its response for the first time in history - something every Indian citizen wanted to see for so long. Had this been done ever since 1948 things would be different now. India can't have 2 foreign policies one for Pakistani govt and one for Pakistani Army.
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Jan 27, 2015 04:30pm
mind sets need to be changed sweets offered as a token of improving strained relationships should never have been refused.
the people responsible for training these Pakistan Ranges should focus on their EQ training as we need to be media savvy, and improve our public image as a nation
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Jan 27, 2015 06:01pm
This sweets giving when there is on going hostlities between the two sides does not fit. Let there be peace first sweets would follow.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:39pm
Refusing sweets exhibits strong angriness over skrameshes being occurred between Indian border security and Pakistan Rangers.
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