The morale of people living in border villages of Sialkot is very high despite unprovoked and indiscriminate firing and shelling from Indian Border Security Forces on civilian population. As many as six people embraced martyrdom and 30 others sustained injuries in cross boarder shelling on civilian population besides dozens of animals killed in the shelling.
During a visit of Raja Harpal village on Sunday it was observed that the courageous men and women were busy in their daily chores undaunted and there was no helter-skelter in the village and the adjoining areas. The Raja Harpal is a small village consisting of 250 to 300 houses is situated close to the working boundary and in the grip of Indian Border Security Forces shelling. Some villagers told that the Indian Border Security Forces always try to target the civilian population and damage the property of the villagers.
They said that targeting the civilian population indicates an inhumane act and cowardice of Indian forces adding that we are fully aware and ready to face anything to protect the geo-political fronts of the beloved country. An elderly Muhammad Bashir while expressing his viewpoint said that the unprovoked Indian forces firing on Pakistan is sabotaging the peace process which reflects that Indian leadership is not willing to maintain peace in the region.
It is heartening to note that Pakistani leadership was trying utmost to maintain peace in the region and to resolve all disputes through dialogue he said. Another village elder, Aslam, while expressing his views lauded the role of Pak-Army, District Administration for taking prompt and appropriate steps for setting up relief camps to facilitate affected people of the area. Some other villagers refuted the media reports claiming that people are migrating to safer places and lauded the role of Chenab Rangers for retaliating the shelling on border villages. It may be pointed out that farmers of the village were also found busy working in their fields and looking after their cattle while youngsters playing games.