UN observers visit border villages after "Indian firing," says Pakistani army

A team of the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan Monday visited the Line of Control that divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region after recent escalations, the Pakistani military said.

The UNMOGIP team visited Chaprar, Salehpur and Milani sectors at Working Boundary near Sialkot in Punjab which the Pakistani army says have been "badly hit by the Indian firing."

An army statement said the team of UN observers met the villagers, who were injured due to the recent Indian firing on the working boundary.

Pakistan army on Friday had approached the UNMOGIP about the recent "ceasefire violations" by India that has killed at least four civilians and injured five others.

Pakistan and India had declared ceasefire in 2003 along the Line of Control and the guns had relatively been silent since then. However, both sides occasionally exchange fire. The recent escalations have increased tensions between the nuclear neighbors.

In a tit-for-tat action, Pakistan and India summoned each other 's envoys and lodged formal protest.

The incidents come just days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Russia on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit after months of a break in high level contacts over exchange of harsh statements and the exchange fire on the LoC.

The Pakistan army said last week that an Indian spy drone was brought down after it intruded into Pakistan along the Line of Control near Bhimber sector.

Indian officials have reportedly said none of its drone has been shot down. Endi