High operational military readiness being maintained by India along Line of Control

Pakistani fighter jets flew near the Siachen Glacier on Wednesday, according to a Pakistani media report.

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Delhi: Both India and Pakistan continue to maintain high operational military readiness along the volatile Line of Control (loC), as per a media report.

The Times of India, quoted a top Army officer as saying on Wednesday that the "pre-emptive and punitive fire assaults" will continue to be conducted across the 778-km LoC to stem infiltration.

However, he added that it was "not a war-like situation" as of now.

"Infiltration attempts, backed by the Pakistan Army-ISI combine, are increasing with the snow melting in the mountain passes. This calls for even more pro-active counter-terror operations," he was quoted as saying by the Daily.

On the other hand, Indian Air Force is also keeping its Western Air Command, which stretches from J&K to Rajasthan with 18 airbases and other installations, on a high alert.

All airbases are maintaining an ORP (operational readiness platform) round-the-clock.

Two to three fighters are being kept combat-ready in blast pens adjoining the runway at an airbase for immediate take-off, as per TOI.

Meanwhile, in a related development, Pakistan's Samaa TV reported earlier today that Pakistani fighter jets had flown near the Siachen Glacier.

Quoting sources, the report said that all of PAF's forward operating bases had been made fully operational.

Mirage jets of PAF are part of exercises since the forward base was made operational.

Pakistan's Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman visited the forward airbase in Skardu today and flew a Mirage jet, the report said.

According to PAF, Aman met the pilots and technical staff of the fighting force. A fighter squadron carried out higher and lower altitude flights.

But IAF sources said that there was no violation of India's air space, as per PTI.

The Siachen glacier is the highest battleground on the earth. It is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayan mountains where the LoC between India and Pakistan ends.

The report came a day after the Indian Army announced that it had launched "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistani positions across the LoC earlier this month, inflicting some damage.

(With Agency inputs)