Pakistan Army fired at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for a second consecutive day on July 23, reports Daily Excelsior. Cross-border firing continued in Poonch, Krishna Ghati, Mankote and Mendhar sectors, but there was no immediate report of any casualty on the Indian side, Jammu-based Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Army Lt Col Devender Anand said. The Army Lt Col said Pakistan initiated small arms firing in violation of the ceasefire agreement in Poonch sector around 1220 hours. It was followed by shelling with mortars along the LoC in Krishna Ghati, Mankote and Mendhar sectors, he said, adding that the Indian Army was retaliating befittingly. This is the third such violation in the past four days which left an Army jawan dead and a civilian injured, the officials said.
Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported, an Army personnel was killed as Pakistani troops violating ceasefire targeted forward posts and villages with mortar shells and small arms along the LoC in Pallanwala and Sunderbani sectors in Rajouri District of J&K on July 22; and a civilian was injured in a fresh ceasefire violation by the Pakistani army near the LoC in the Pir Panjal valley in Poonch District of J&K on July 20.