Posted on 07/31/2019 12:34:09 PM PDT by robowombat
Pakistan Evacuates Chinese Nationals From Border Areas Amid ‘Unprecedented Escalation’ With India
18:33 31.07.2019(updated 22:00 31.07.2019)
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid unprecedented levels of firing and shelling across the border, Pakistan has evacuated all Chinese nationals engaged in civilian construction near the Line of Control (LoC) after shooting from the Indian side resulted in the deaths of two civilians with dozens reportedly injured.
Citing officials, Pakistani media has reported that around 50 Chinese nationals were working on dam construction along the confluence of the Neelam and Jhelum rivers.
Raja Shahid Mahmood, a local Pakistani official, said the decision to evacuate the Chinese workers was made after a volley of "indiscriminate firing" by Indian security forces.
The armies of the two nuclear-armed nations exchanged fresh shelling along the so-called Line of Control in the border town of Hajipeer in the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the day, the Pakistan foreign ministry summoned an Indian diplomat in Islamabad and lodged a strong formal protest against the ceasefire violation by the Indian Army in several sectors along the Line of Control.
Pakistan has blamed Indian forces for targeting civilians in the Danna, Dhddnial, Jura, Lipa, Shardda and Shahkot sectors along the Line of Control. 26-year-old Nouman Ahmad was killed while nine civilians, including women and children, sustained serious injuries.
The Indian foreign ministry made a strong complaint to the Pakistan High Commission regarding the ceasefire violation in which an Indian civilian was killed on Tuesday. New Delhi has asked Islamabad to "desist from such acts immediately" and asked Pakistan to "investigate such heinous acts of killing innocent civilians".
Relations between the two countries have worsened after the Pakistani military downed two Indian warplanes in the disputed Kashmir region, reportedly in retaliation for an earlier airstrike by Indian fighter jets against what New Delhi claimed was a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist camp.
India has blamed Pakistan for supporting the terrorists and having a "direct hand" in a deadly attack on the Indian paramilitary police force in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan has rebuffed the accusations.
India vs. Pakistan. Who would win?
India would roll right over top of them if it’s dry.
The middle of Pakistan is dominated by the Indus river system and is wet to swampy. As long as it wasn’t monsoon season its doable. There are also some major damns on the rivers (Indus & tributaries) that Pakistan could blow up to slow the Indians down. That would create a huge mess and humanitarian disaster. Where we would get stuck with most of the bill!
The Indians don’t want to rule Pakistan, that would be insane. Their goal should be to render them impotent by crushing the Pak military & capturing the nuclear sites. The Paks would probably get off at least one nuclear shot.
India is the future there. The Paks are yesterday’s very stale news!
We would all lose. They are both nuclear powers
Ping for the list
[They are both nuclear powers]
Wars and rumors of war. China’s building on Hong Kong’s doorstep. Hmmmm. Well, to keep folks informed. TFTP
India
Infrastructure! Send them back to 1850
Myth! - and no I am not advocating the use of nuclear weapons like one might use grenades!
In a Pak-Indo War there might be one or two exchanges. India could absorb it easier then Pakistan. If such an exchange occurred Pakistan would very quickly collapse. If there would be a second Pakistani detonation it would likely be at their nuclear center to keep the Indian special forces from capturing it.
The truth is Pakistan is more a geographical expression then a country. Remember the old Star Trek: TOS episode “The Mafia Planet”. A planet where different mafias controlled things, occasionally there was some level of cooperation - that’s Pakistan. About the only thing jointly agreed up on by the different tribes, clans, families, religious and criminal factions is a hatred of India.
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