Pak. alleges unprovoked firing

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, NOV. 23. For the second consecutive day, Pakistan has accused the Indian Army of ``unprovoked heavy firing'' across the Line of Control in which a woman was killed and three other civilians were seriously wounded.

A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate of the Pakistan Army alleged that the Indian forces used medium and field artillery, heavy mortars, heavy machine guns and small arms in Thursday's attacks in Lipa Valley and the Aliabad sector in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that ``resulted in casualties to innocent civilians.''

``The Pakistan Army retaliated by targeting the Indian Army posts, forcing them to stop firing on innocent civilians,'' it said.

On Thursday, the Press Secretary to the President, Maj. Gen. Rashid Quereshi, accused the Indian Army of launching similar attacks in Neelum Valley and Aliabad sectors the day before.

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