The Newshour Debate: Pakistan Kills Civilians Again - Full Debate (8th Oct 2014)

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In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate; Lt. Gen (Retd) B S Jaswal, Former Army Commander, Northern Command; Devender Rana, Provincial President, NC; R K Singh, MP Lok Sabha BJP & Former Home Secretary; Major General ( Retd) Rashid Qureshi, Former Spokesperson to Musharraf; Reham Khan, Senior Journalist; and Brig (Retd) Yasub Dogar, Defence Analyst -- discuss the issue of Pakistan troops killing Indian civilians again at the border, India giving a massive reply, and whether Pakistan is isolated after non-interference of UN and U.S.

Heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistani troops continued unabated along the International Border(IB) in Jammu and Kashmir on Oct 8 killing two more people - both women- even as a "massive" reply was being given from the Indian side. With the government coming under attack from the opposition parties over its handling of the string of ceasefire violations by Pakistan, which continued tonight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "everything will be fine soon" on the border. The death toll in the firing after escalation of ceasefire violations by Pakistan for over a week rose to eight with the killing of a woman identified as Shukuntla Devi and her daughter-in-law Poli Devi. Fifteen more people have been injured in the firing taking to 75 the number of injured so far, officials said. Government also said that India will continue to respond to Pakistan on the ceasefire violations according to the situation along the border and there won't be any flag meetings. The Pakistani rangers overnight targeted 50 Border Out Posts (BoPs) and 35 border hamlets with mortar bombs and heavy firing that led to migration of 17,000 people from border hamlets to safe places and relief camps. There were three fresh violations of ceasefire in the night when Pakistani forces resorted to mortar shelling and firing in the sub sectors of Kanachak and Pargwal in Jammu district and Hiranagar in Kathua district along the IB. Guns, however, fell silent along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts after the Indian forces gave a "befitting reply", officials said.