Within hours of flag meeting Pak violates ceasefire again

Hours after India and Pakistan held a flag meeting on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire again. According to an NDTV report, Pakistan rangers fired small arms and machine guns at three Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Pargwal sector of Jammu. “The firing started at 11 pm and went on intermittently till 6 am. There were no damages to the Indian side,” the repoort quotes BSF sources as saying. [caption id=“attachment_1103627” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP.[/caption] The commander-level flag meeting between Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers was held at Nikowal post in Akhnoor sector of the international border in Jammu district at 3 pm Wednesday, BSF sources told IANS in Jammu. “BSF lodged a formal protest with Pakistan Rangers over ceasefire violations, firing and shelling on border outposts and civilian areas by them during the past 45 days in which two people have been killed and 17 others injured,” BSF sources said. The BSF team is believed to have given Pakistan Rangers proof of their involvement in the firing and shelling on civilian areas in Arnia, RS Pura, Ramgarh, Akhnoor and Kanachak forward areas along the international border in Jammu and Samba districts. With inputs from IANS