Pakistan on Thursday dismissed a claim made by Indian army regarding surgical attacks across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
"The notion of surgical strike linked to alleged terrorists bases is an illusion being deliberately generated by Indian to create false effects," the military said in a statement, according to Dawn News.
"This quest by Indian establishment to create media hype by rebranding cross border fire as surgical strike is fabrication of truth. Pakistan has made it clear that if there is a surgical strike on Pakistani soil, same will be strongly responded."
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the incident, according to Radio Pakistan. "Our intent for a peaceful neighbourhood should not be mistaken as our weakness," the PM said.
Pakistan military said that two of its soldiers were killed after Indian army resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control.
"There had been cross border fire initiated and conducted by India which is [an] existential phenomenon," said an ISPR statement released shortly after the Indian DGMO held a press conference making claims about surgical strikes.
