Pakistan continues small arms, artillery fire along LoC; ‘Responded proportionately,’ says Indian Army
Pakistan Artillery Fire: The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing in the Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said on Thursday.
Security personnel stand guard at Lal Chowk, in Srinagar. (ANI Photo) Pakistan Artillery Fire LoC: Pakistani troops continued small arms and artillery fire along the Line of Control in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu and some parts of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday, a day after Poonch and Rajouri districts witnessed intense cross-border shelling following an Indian strike on terrorist infrastructure.
“During the night of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan Army posts resorted to unprovoked fire using Small Arms and Artillery Guns across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor areas in J&K,” the Army said on Thursday morning. “The Indian Army responded proportionately,” it added.
Officials said that Pakistan opened artillery and small arms fire in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara on Wednesday night. The shelling continued on Thursday morning. “We were already taking shelter in underground bunkers. However, this time, not many shells landed in inhabited areas,” a villager said.
Officials said that the Pakistani soldiers also violated the ceasefire agreement in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara using small arms and artillery.
In north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Pakistani troops fired artillery at different villages in the Uri sector. However, there was no report of any loss of life or injury. On Wednesday, 15 civilians were injured in different villages of Uri, mostly in Salamabad.
Hours after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed on April 22, Pakistani troops have been resorting to unprovoked firing and shelling every night.
Initially confined to small arms along the LoC, the firing escalated to artillery fire on Wednesday. Thirteen people, including a soldier, were killed in the day-long shelling in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Wednesday. Many houses and government office buildings were damaged, forcing several locals to shift from Poonch town and move to safer places.
Though there has been no shelling in Poonch since Wednesday night, people are worried that the cross-border shelling could resume at any time, said Aftab Ahmed, a local resident.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions in the five border districts of Jammu province, including Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu, Samba and Kathua. The district administrations have been asked to identify places and make arrangements to lodge people who have to be moved out from their native places near the international border and LoC in the wake of further escalation in cross-border shelling.
The administration has also set up 24/7 control rooms in all the border districts of Jammu province.
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