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    Pakistan violates ceasefire again, resumes shelling in Pooch district

    Pakistan violates ceasefire again, resumes shelling in Pooch district
    Written by Shiladitya Ray
    Feb 28, 2019, 05:43 pm 3 min read
    Pakistan violates ceasefire again, resumes shelling in Pooch district

    After a lull of a few hours, Pakistani troops, on Thursday afternoon began shelling forward Indian positions and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Earlier this morning, Pakistani forces had violated ceasefire in Mendhar, Rajouri and Nowshera sectors, but had stopped briefly after retaliation from Indian forces. Here's more.

    Thursday's shelling marked the seventh consecutive day of ceasefire violations

    Thursday's ceasefire violations marked the seventh consecutive day that Pakistani forces had resorting shelling and small arms fire across the LoC. Shelling intensified on Wednesday after the Indian Army, in retaliatory action, destroyed five Pakistani posts and killed several soldiers on Tuesday night. Consequently, Pakistan shelled the Mendhar and Balakote sectors heavily on Wednesday night.

    2018 saw highest ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 15 years

    In 2018, Pakistani troops violated the 2003 ceasefire agreement with India a whopping 2,936 times - the highest by Pakistani troops in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pakistan border.

    Details about ceasefire violations on Thursday

    Then, on Thursday morning, Pakistani forces opened fire on the Mendhar, Rajouri and Nowshera sectors, but stopped around 7am after the Indian Army retaliated befittingly. However, at around 1pm on Thursday, Pakistani troops resumed mortal shelling and small arms fire on the Krishna Ghati sector. At 2.15pm, it also started shelling the Nowshera sector. Indian forces are retaliating effectively and strongly.

    Apart from Nowshera, Pakistan attacked other sectors after months

    Except for the Nowshera sector, which Pakistan had shelled frequently, the recent ceasefire violations in the other sectors came after a lull of two to four months.

    Educational institutes have been shut; residents advised to stay indoors

    In view of the unprovoked shelling by Pakistani troops, Indian authorities have ordered the temporary closure of all educational institutes within 5km of the LoC in the Pooch and Rajouri districts in Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities have also instructed residents of border villages in these areas to remain indoors and not move outside during incidents of shelling.

    Meanwhile, Pakistan is trying to "de-escalate" the situation

    Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Thursday, announced that Islamabad would release captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman on Friday. Varthaman had been captured on Wednesday after his jet had been shot down during an aerial battle between the IAF and the Pakistan Air Force, when the latter tried attacking military installations in India to retaliate against IAF air strikes earlier.

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