Pakistan accuses India of ceasefire violations

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Pakistan said India has again violated a ceasefire and resorted to heavy firing across the de facto border in divided Kashmir.

According to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, five civilians were killed, and the country has asked the UN to intervene.

The Pakistan Army said four Indian soldiers were killed and two of their check posts were destroyed on Sunday, after seven people were killed in unprovoked Indian shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, the army said in a statement on Monday.

"...Indian forces targeted innocent civilians along the LoC. Indian guns silenced effectively,” tweeted Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor.

"Pakistan Army stands by the innocent civilian population against unprovoked Indian ceasefire violations and would continue to respond befittingly to this naked aggression,” he said in another tweet.

Pakistan and India declared a ceasefire along the LoC in 2003. However, both routinely accuse each other of violations. Kashmir has been a bone of contention since both gained independence in 1947.