KL Report
SRiNAGAR
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged firing yet again along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Poonch and Jammu districts on Saturday.
Sources said that Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and IB.
Both the countries blame each other for violating the ceasefire agreement.
“There have been four ceasefire violations along the IB and LoC in Jammu and Poonch districts during the past over 24 hours,” sources said.
“Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and resorted to small arms and automatic weapons firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Hamirpur sector of Poonch district around 8pm Friday night, they said adding exchanges of firing continued till 9.30pm.
Pakistani rangers resorted to firing on BoPs in Makwal and Allah Mahi Da Kothay (AMK) areas in Jammu district Friday evening, sources said, adding, “it was a minor firing”.
Earlier, Pakistani troops had fired upon in Hamirpur sector twice on Thursday night and Friday morning.
Around 30,000 people have fled their border homes leaving 113 hamlets deserted along the IB in Jammu district.
