Pakistan violates ceasefire along IB, LoC

JAMMU: Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the

International Border

(IB) in J&K’s Kathua district and along the

Line

of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Sunday, resorting to

heavy firing

and shelling targeting forward

posts

and villages in the areas.


“The firing from across the IB in Pansar border outpost in Kathua’s Hiranagar sector began around 10pm on Saturday. BSF troops manning the posts retaliated effectively,” a BSF source said. The cross-border fire exchange continued till 3.45am on Sunday, triggering panic among civilians residing near the border, who were forced to spend the night in safety bunkers.

“Around 5.45pm, Pakistan opened unprovoked fire and shelled mortars along the LoC in Poonch’s Degwar sector,” Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said, adding that Indian troops retaliated with equal calibre.

Sources said there was no report of injury or damage on the Indian side in either breach of truce.