New Delhi:
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the fifth straight night, with the Indian Army responding in a “measured and effective” manner, officials said this morning.
The firing, which came amid increasing tensions between India and Pakistan following last week’s terror attack in Pahalgam, took place near areas opposite Kupwara and Baramulla districts, and the Akhnoor sector.
“During the night of April 28-29, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms firing across the Line of Control in areas opposite Kupwara and Baramulla districts, as well as the Akhnoor sector. The Indian Army responded in a measured and effective manner to the provocation,” the Army said in a statement.
The Pakistani soldiers have been firing at different Indian positions along the LoC since Thursday night.
There have so far been no reports of any casualties.
India last Wednesday announced a raft of strict measures against Pakistan in view of the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people, including a Nepali citizen, dead on Tuesday.
The measures include suspending the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari land-border crossing, and expulsion of Pakistani military attaches.
Islamabad, in response, threatened to suspend all agreements with New Delhi, including the Simla pact of 1972, which validates the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
India Slams Pak At UN
India on Monday slammed Pakistan after the country’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, “admitting and confessing” the country’s history of “supporting, training and funding” terrorist organisations in a recent television interview.
After the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Khwaja Asif was asked by a Sky News journalist about Pakistan’s role in backing terrorist organisations.
“We have been doing this dirty work for the US for the past three decades, including the West and the UK,” he had said.
This confession was “not surprising”, and it “exposed” Pakistan as a “rogue state” that has been fuelling global terrorism, Ambassador Yojna Patel, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, said.
“The whole world has heard the Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan’s history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations in a recent television interview. The world can no longer turn a blind eye,” she said.
India’s Right of Reply on baseless allegations made by Pakistan. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/zgXEeKp32h
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) April 28, 2025
Ms Patel also thanked the global community for their “strong, unequivocal support and solidarity” with India after the Pahalgam attack.
Amb. DPR @PatelYojna delivered India’s statement at the launch of the Victims of Terrorism Association Network. (1/2) @MEAIndia @UN pic.twitter.com/1fd7arhjXy
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) April 28, 2025
This is a testimony to the international community’s zero tolerance for terrorism, she said.
