Pakistan troops fire at border for ninth day in row

The post-to-post small arms firing between India and Pakistani troops continued in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the ninth consecutive day, officials said on Saturday.

However, there was no casualty in the border skirmishes initiated by Pakistan troops in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

This was the nine consecutive nights of unprovoked firing from across the border, which had mostly restricted to LoC. There was only one incident of firing along the International Border (IB).

“During the night of May 2 and 3, Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms fire across the Line of Control opposite the Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor areas of J&K.

“Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately,” a defence spokesman said. Since the night of April 24 Pakistani troops have been resorting to unprovoked firing at various places along the LoC in J&K.