Pakistani has confirmed that around 3,000 people have left their villages along the Line of Control (LOC) in Abbaspur sector after heavy shelling by Indian troops over the past two weeks.
Sajid Hussain, a senior administration official in the area, said most of the people fled from four of the worst affected villages near the LOC in the Pakistani part of Kashmir.
“We are in process of registering the migrating people,” said Hussain, adding that many families have moved in with relatives while another 50 families took shelter in government buildings.
Elderly resident Muhammad Saiddique told AFP that about 80 percent of the people from his village near the LOC had fled.
At least six people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in Abbaspur sector in the latest wave of unrest along the LOC in the past two weeks, said Hussain.
Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan since 1947, is one of the most heavily militarised spots on Earth with a long history of conflict. Both countries claim the territory in full, and have fought two major wars over it.