SRINAGAR – The cross-LoC travel between Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and AzadKashmir has been suspended due tolink>tensionfollowingthe cross fire in Poonch district Monday, PTI has reported.
“Cross-LoC travel has been suspended after Pakistan and Indian shellingand firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and the tension that followed,”custodian of LoC Trade and Travel, Poonch, Mohammad Tanveer.
The Indian troops Monday morning violated ceasefire and resorted toshelling and firing along the LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch district.Four Pakistani soldiers were martyred when the Indian Army targeted theirposts.
Earlier, the cross-LoC travel and trade via the Poonch- Rawalakot road hadresumed in early November last year after remaining suspended for nearlyfour months.
Heavy Indian shelling along the LoC in Poonch district in July then hadforced its suspension.
The trade and travel between the divided families of Jammu and Kashmir andAzad Kashmir through Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch had begun in2006.
It was considered a major confidence-building exercise between India andPakistan.