Pak violates ceasefire on LoC in J&K's Poonch
Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing and intense shelling in three sectors on the Line of Control today in J&K's Poonch district.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said at about 2.30 p.m. Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along the LoC in Shahpur, Kirni and Qasba sectors of Poonch district.
"The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly," the spokesman said.
Pakistan has been violating the bilateral ceasefire agreement with impunity since the beginning of this year.
24 civilians have been killed and over 100 injured in over 3,186 ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the LoC in J&K since January this year..
Protest demonstrations broke out across different areas of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan after Friday prayers, with thousands…
Jamil Maqsood, the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United Kashmir People's National…
The 6th meeting of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee concluded in…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task…
A delegation from the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE), led by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and accompanied…
On the sidelines of the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit, leaders of the member countries witnessed a…