Bharat Express

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Once the security forces followed their movements, a shootout broke out at 1.30 am between the intruders and them, resulting in the injuries of a soldier and a terrorist.

The exercise was successful in validating many important operational aspects and brought out valuable lessons as also reinforced a high degree of operational preparedness for the forces on the Western Front.

"This is the day when in 1948 the first UN peacekeeping mission, UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) began operations in Palestine," read an official release.

Defence officials on Monday said it has been decided that all exercises in future should have elements from all three services, instead of the generally solitary ones that are held as of now.

The incident was condemned all over Pakistan, but only in written form. But if Balochistan would act in the same way (and rightly so) for their constitutional and economic rights, said Langov, the provincial home minister, "the Baloch would be labeled as anti-state".

The plan to withdraw the Army from the hinterland has been discussed for some time and a final recommendation was expected to be made at the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) which is led by Manoj Sinha, the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

Imran Khan's arrest may have been ordered by Pakistan's controversial anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), but the manner in which the order was carried out has few parallels, even under totalitarian regimes.

The DGP chaired a joint meeting of officers from the police and the army and also reviewed the security and crime scenario of the district

The army would be working alongside district administration to restore law, order and peace, the ministry said.

The additional teams from the vicinity have been directed to the site of the encounter and the injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital at Udhampur