Pakistan shelling resumes in Poonch after a night long lull

December 31, 2016 10:17

After a night long lull, Pakistani troops re-started targeting forward Indian positions in Poonch sector on Saturday morning. Sources said that latest shelling from across the Line of Control came around 7.45 am and it was continuing in Degwar area where a civilian was killed in an hour long shelling on Friday evening. The Indian army troops were retaliating.

The fresh spate of ceasefire violation by Pakistan started a day after outgoing army chief General Dalbir Singh visited Kalal along the Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district and reviewed the situation there.

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