ISLAMABAD, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Opposition parties in Pakistan on Monday declared support for the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Kashmir dispute with India.
Tension has escalated after the Sept. 18 attack on an Indian army base in the Indian-controlled Kashmir that had killed 19 soldiers. India had blamed the Pakistan-based "Jaish-e-Mohammad" for the attack and pointed fingers at the country. Pakistan had denied any involvement.
Prime Minister Sharif had invited senior political leaders to seek their support for his government's policy in the wake of tension along the Line of Control in (LoC) the disputed Kashmir region.
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and nine others injured in the Indian firing along the LoC on Thursday.
Bilawal Bhutto, chairman of the main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said at the meeting that despite differences with the government on multiple issues, the PPP is with the prime minister on Kashmir issue.
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