PAKISTAN VIOLATES CEASEFIRE

JAMMU: Pakistan Rangers on Tuesday violated ceasefire and resorted to small arms firing in forward areas along the International Border

(IB) in Samba and Kathua districts, BSF officials said.

Using small arms, the rangers began firing at forward border outposts in Samban and Hiranagar sectors at 1 pm. It continued till 3 pm and later intermittently, they said. The BSF troops gave a befitting reply.

IG BSF N S Jamwal said that that there was no causality.

October 2 and close by Christmas. Khan reaches US for the UNGA on September 20 after spending two days in Saudi Arabia.

According to senior Indian officials, most countries buy India’s argument that Kashmir is an internal issue.

However, the Indian assessment is that Islamabad will not give up and will try at least till the end of the year to engineer violence through Pakistan based jihadist groups in the Valley. Already, the ceasefire violations on the LOC and border are touching a new high, with last year’s figure of 2140 violations almost certain to be crossed this month. The total number of ceasefire violations till August were 2047.

The Indian intelligence assessment is that the Pakistan Army will try to push as many jihadists as possible into the Valley before the onset of winter in north Kashmir with Keran, Kupwara, Gurez and Gulmarg sector being the prime routes for infiltration. “As of now the Indian Army has been able to foil infiltration attempts in the state both north and south of Pir Panjal. But as Islamabad’s desperation mounts, jihadists will be pushed even under the cover of Pakistani fire till early October,” said a national security official.