Refusing to deter from its nefarious antics to disrupt normalcy in the Valley, Pakistani Army violated ceasefire in Jammuand Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri districts on Saturday morning. Pakistan resorted to unprovoked heavy firing in Mandher and Balakot sectors of Poonch district and Bhimbher Gali and Manjakot sectors of Rajauri.

Pakistani troops resorted to mortar shelling along the Lineof Control (LoC) since 10 am on Saturday, targetting residential areas andschools in the two districts. The Indian Army is giving a befitting reply tocounter Pakistan's nefarious actions.

Earlier on Saturday, troops of the Pakistani Army reachedthe Hazipur sector in Jammu and Kashmir and retrieved the bodies of two of itssoldiers who were killed by the Indian Army in retaliation to unprovokedceasefire violation by Pakistan on September 11, after showing a white flag, asymbol denoting truce or surrender. On September 8, Pakistan violated ceasefirein Nowshera and Sunderbani areas of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir whileresorting to the firing of arms and mortar shelling along the LoC. This was thefifth ceasefire violation attempt by Pakistani troops in the span of 24 hoursfrom September 7-8. On September 2, Pakistan again violated ceasefire in Poonchdistrict of Jammu and Kashmir in which an Army jawan was martyred defending thenation against nefarious attempts by Pakistan to disrupt peace in the Valley.The soldier was identified as 23-year-old Grenadier Hemraj Jat, a resident ofBhadoon village in Roopangarh tehsil of Rajasthan's Alwar. He was inducted inthe Army on March 2017. He is survived by his mother.

Pakistan has made it a habit to repeatedly violate ceasefireall along the LoC, often in a bid to push in terrorists. Indian intelligencereports have said recently that several terror launch pads have been kept atthe ready in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir with Islamabad increasingly gettingdesperate to disrupt the peace and calm in the aftermath of Indian government'sdecision to revoke Article 370.