Pakistan violates ceasefire settlement; fires alongside IB in J-Ok’s Samba

Pakistani Rangers violated the ceasefire through opening fire alongside the Global Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, a senior BSF officer stated.

A BSF spokesman stated that is the first-ever ceasefire violation through Pakistan alongside the IB after the 2 nations signed a contemporary settlement to care for calm alongside the border on February 25 this 12 months.

“Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing alongside IB at 0615 hours in Ramgarh sector”, Inspector Normal of BSF, Jammu frontier, N S Jamwal, advised PTI.

There was once no casualty within the firing.

The BSF spokesman stated Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing on a patrolling party forward of the fencing.

India and Pakistan had agreed to strictly follow all agreements on ceasefire alongside the Line of Keep an eye on (LoC) and different sectors within the February settlement.

The 2 nations had previous signed a ceasefire settlement in 2003, nevertheless it was once rarely adopted in letter and spirit with extra violations than observance of the pact.