A 65-year-old woman was killed and another injured as Pakistan violated Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) by resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) of India on July 8, reports Daily Excelsior. A Police official identified the deceased woman as Resham Bi, a resident of Sagra village. She was staying at her relative’s house in Balakote sector’s Lanjot village. She died after a mortar shell exploded in the compound of the house, he said. Another woman, who was identified as Hakam Bi, was critically injured in the incident and was taken to hospital, he added. A defence Spokesperson said Pakistan resorted to unprovoked CFA violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars in Balakote and Mendhar sectors of Poonch around 2 am, to which Indian Army retaliated in a befitting manner and the cross-border shelling between the two sides lasted for 45 minutes.