No Customary Exchange Of Sweets Between BSF, Pakistan Rangers On Pakistan I-Day

Pakistani Rangers traditionally used to offer sweets to their Indian counterpart BSF on August 14, the Pakistan's Independence day.

New Delhi: As Pakistan marked its 73^rd Independence Day on Wednesday, the Pakistan Rangers again skipped the customary independence day practice of exchanging sweets with India's Border Security Force at Attari-Wagah border, to express its displeasure over revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status by India. Pakistani Rangers traditionally used to offer sweets to their Indian counterpart BSF on August 14, the Pakistan's Independence day. The gesture is reciprocated by the BSF a day later on August 15, the Indian Independence Day. Two days ago on Eid-ul-Adha, Pakistani Rangers on the border declined to accept sweets from the BSF personnel. Both BSF and Pak Rangers have been following the tradition of exchanging sweets and gifts on festivals like Diwali and Eid, as well as on their respective independence days. Indian soldiers also offer sweets to Pak Rangers on the Republic Day. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today warned India against any "misadventure" in Pakistan, saying "miscalculation" on the part of New Delhi would elicit a "tit-for-tat" response from Islamabad, amid heightening tensions between the two neighbours following India's move to revoke Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a special session of the "Azad Jammu and Kashmir" (PoK) Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad as Pakistan marked its Independence Day "in solidarity with Kashmiris", Khan said: "We have information and we have had two National Security Committee meetings. The Pakistan Army has full knowledge that India has made a plan to take action in PoK."