Jammu: The Pakistan army violated ceasefire for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday shelling forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, prompting a befitting response from the Indian forces, officials said.
The Pakistani army violated ceasefire even as India conducted a major preemptive strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest camp early Tuesday to prevent suicide attacks being planned by the Pakistan-based terror group, killing a large number of terrorists and trainers.
Officials said the Pakistan army resorted to small arms firing along the LoC in Nowshera sector early Tuesday but there was no report of any casualty, officials said. Earlier late Monday night Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling in the forward areas along LoC in Nowshera, inviting strong retaliation from the Indian forces.
It must be mentioned here that the Pakistan army resorted to firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts on seven of the last eight days.
The year 2018 witnessed the highest number of ceasefire violations — 2,936 — by Pakistani troops in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pak border.
Pakistan continues to violate the ceasefire understanding of 2003 despite repeated calls for restraint and adherence to the agreement during flag meetings between the border-guarding forces of the two countries, the officials informed.
They also stated that due to the increasing ceasefire violations by Pakistan, the people along the LoC and the International Border (IB) in this region are living under constant fear.
PTI
