Jammu, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan resorted to unprovoked shelling on the line of control (LoC) on Sunday in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch district.
Defence ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said, "At about 7.45 p.m. today Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Balakote sector of Poonch district.
"The Indian Army is retaliating".
Reports from the area said heavy firing exchanges are going on between the two sides.
Pakistan has violated the bilateral ceasefire on the LoC and the international border in J&K, over 2,400 times so far this year.
Frequent shelling from across the LoC has thrown the lives of hundreds of border dwellers out of gear.
The residents of border villages live under constant fear of losing their lives, homes and cattle because of indiscriminate firing on defence and civilian facilities by Pakistani troops.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz