Similar unprovoked small arms fires have been reportedly reported by Pakistan Post Baramulla and Kupwara areas in Kashmir Valley and IB Pakistani outposts in Pagwar area. Representative file image. |Picture source: Special arrangement
Pakistan Army outpost launched an unprovoked small arms fire on the Line of Control (LOC) opposite the Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor departments in Jamu & Kashmir.
The shooting was reportedly from the Pargwal department along IB in the Chamu area and the Sunderbani and Naushera departments in the Rajouri area. This marks Pakistan’s sixth consecutive night of violations of the LOC, and tensions have intensified in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025.
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The Indian army responded quickly and proportionally.
“The Pakistani army has also been reported to have fired unprovoked small arms in the Baramulla and Kupwara regions and throughout the international borders of the Pargwal sector,” the Army said.
Similar unprovoked small arms fires have been reportedly reported by Pakistan Post Baramulla and Kupwara areas in Kashmir Valley and IB Pakistani outposts in Pagwar area.
Initially, the fire started in the Kupwara and Baramulla areas and then spread to the Poonch and Akhnoor departments. It was further upgraded to the Sunderbani and Naushera departments in the Rajuri area and then opened fire along IB in the Pargwal area of ​​Jamu.
Since the evening of April 24, India has suspended the Indian Water Strip Treaty in response to the killing of 26 people in the Pahargan terrorist attack, Pakistani troops have been conducting unprovoked shooting from various places along Jamu and Loc in Kashmir.
On the same day, Pakistan closed its airspace to the Indian Airlines, suspended trade and closed the Wagah border crossing, warning that any attempt to transfer water under the Indian Moisture Treaty would be considered an “act of war”.
India and Pakistan agreed to a new ceasefire in February 2021, when the President of Military Operations (DGMO) of the two countries reiterated their commitment to the 2003 ceasefire agreement.
India and Pakistan have a 3,323 km long border, including the International Border (IB), about 2,400 km from Gujarat to Aknoll in Jamu; a 740 km long position from Jamu to column; and a 110 km actual ground position line (AGPL) in the Siachen area.
(with PTI input)
publishing – April 30, 2025 08:44 AM IST
