New Delhi, April 29 – Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for a fifth consecutive night, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, amid rising tensions between the two neighbours following a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam last week.
The firing occurred overnight in areas opposite Kupwara and Baramulla districts as well as the Akhnoor sector. Indian forces responded in a “measured and effective” manner to the unprovoked firing, the Army said in a statement. No casualties have been reported so far.
The ceasefire violations come in the wake of heightened cross-border tensions after a terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 people, including a Nepali citizen, dead. In response, India announced a series of punitive measures against Pakistan, including the suspension of the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty, closure of the Attari land-border crossing, and expulsion of Pakistani military attaches.
Islamabad, in turn, has threatened to suspend all bilateral agreements with New Delhi, including the 1972 Simla Pact, which formalizes the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
India also launched a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan at the United Nations, where Deputy Permanent Representative Yojna Patel accused Islamabad of being a “rogue state” fuelling global terrorism. Patel’s remarks followed an interview in which Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted the country’s history of supporting, training, and funding terrorist organizations.
“The whole world has heard the Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan’s history,” Patel said, calling on the international community to hold Islamabad accountable.
Patel also expressed gratitude to nations that showed “strong, unequivocal support and solidarity” with India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.
Tensions remain high as sporadic firing continues along the contested border, threatening to destabilize a region already on edge.
