Pakistan resorts to heavy shelling along LoC

Jammu : Pakistani army violated the ceasefire and resorted to heavy shelling along the Line of Control in twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch on Friday, inviting a befitting reply from the Indian Army, officials said.

"Around 1315 hours on Friday, Pakistani army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing small arms and shelling with mortars along LoC in Sunderbani sector," a defence spokesman said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, he added.

Last night too, the Pakistani army violated the ceasefire along LoC in Poonch-Rajouri sector. That provocation was also retaliated effectively to inflict damage on Pakistani posts, officials said.

Meanwhile, Farooq Khan, advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor, visited the famous Hazratbal shrine located on the outskirts of the downtown city here to pay his obeisance and also to address the concerns about security of the revered place.

Accompanied by officials, Khan offered prayers at the shrine, which contains a relic believed by the people of Kashmir to be Prophet Muhammad's hair, and also took a round of the historic place.