Ludhiana, April 25 -- Defence Expert DS Dhillon on Friday said that firing initiated by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) is a tactic of the neighbouring country to divert the attention of the Indian army with a likely objective of evacuating its own men.

"Whenever there is firing on LoC, it has a purpose. Either the Pakistani Army wants to send in some men actually attack certain Indian posts. Probable pressure is high at this time, and the men who came from there may have reached the border area, and this action may have been taken to evacuate them back.... The firing is done to divert the attention of the Indian army so that some men can be evacuated from here. This may be because now the Indian Army and the government...