New Delhi: Pakistan once again resorted to firing along the Loc in Jammu and Kashmir in an attempt to provoke India, days after the massacre of 26 civilians, mostly tourists, by terrorists in the scenic Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam. The Wednesday's unprovoked firing was the 51st violation of the ceasefire agreement by Pakistani troops in a week. India responded in a measured and effective manner to the provocation, officials said.
In the latest incident, Pakistani troops initiated unprovoked small-arms fire in the Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor sectors in Jammu & Kashmir.
During the night of 29-30 April, Pakistan Army posts initiated unprovoked small-arms fire across the Line of Control opposite the Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor sectors in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Indian Army troops responded swiftly and proportionately," the Indian Army said in a release.
This is the sixth consecutive day that Pakistan has resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (Loc) amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad following last week's terror attack in Pahalgam.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
Pakistan has resorted to some of the biggest ceasefire violations since February 2021, since the April 22 terror attack.
Starting with unprovoked small arms firing at several posts along the LOC and international border.

 

Several top leaders of Pakistan have tried to provoke India in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. India has responded in a calculated manner. From suspending the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 to revoking all visas issued to Pakistani nationals from April 27 and immediately shutting down the Attari land-transit post, New Delhi's actions have triggered panic in the neighbouring country.
Reacting to the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan Minister Hanif Abbasi said that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are not for display and have been kept "only for India."
"If they stop the water supply to us, then they should be ready for a war," Abbasi was quoted as saying by Pakistani media outlets. "The missiles we have, they're not for display. Nobody knows where we have placed our nuclear weapons across the country. I say it again, these ballistic missiles, all of them are targeted at you," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that India will "identify, track, and punish" the terrorists behind the Pahalgam attack and pursue the killers to the "ends of the earth".
Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Indian forces were preparing to launch an attack in the next 24-36 hours. He said India is playing "judge, jury and executioner", a role it rejects. "Being a responsible state, Pakistan openheartedly offered a credible, transparent and independent investigation by a neutral commission of experts to ascertain the truth," he said, adding that Islamabad has been a victim of terrorism itself.