Tag: Loc

Indian violation of LOC kills one Pakistani soldier: ISPR

The Indian army violated the Line of Control (LoC) at District Bagh on Sunday and attacked a Pakistan army check post. The unprovoked Indian...

Indian troops trigger trouble on LoC

Indian troops on Tuesday fired heavy weapons into Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), forcing the Pakistani military to respond to unprovoked shelling. According to...

Four women among 6 injured in unprovoked firing by Indian army...

The Indian Army once again opened unprovoked firing on Friday morning at Chaprar sector on the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India...

Just cement? Please? Pretty please?

In a bid to remove barriers in cross LoC trade, business fraternity from both sides of Kashmir has unanimously demanded inclusion of more items...

Introduce cross-LoC tourism for economic growth: JCCI

Jammu and Kashmir, Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI) has demanded inclusion of the tourism through LoC which, it said, would improve the...

Pakistan offers to move cannons from Kashmir border

Pakistan has proposed moving heavy artillery away from the Line of Control, the de facto border with India in the region of Kashmir, the...

3 troops killed in Indian firing across LoC

Three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and one Indian trooper was hurt in an exchange of fire by the rival militaries across the Line...

Three Pakistani soldiers martyred in Indian border firing

Three Pakistani soldiers were martyred as the Indian forces opened firing at a checkpost at the Line of Control (LoC), Pak Army Spokesman Major...

Over Rs26 million goods traded across LoC

The cross-LoC businessmen traded goods worth over Rs26 million through 35 trucks between Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Kashmir along LoC at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing...

No infiltration from across LoC this year, says Indian Army

Indian Army sources have said that due to internal discord of Pakistan, there have been very few ‘unsuccessful efforts of cross-border infiltrations’, from that...

Cross LoC trade resumes

After remaining suspended for nearly four weeks, cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade between divided parts of Kashmir has been resumed following assurances from the...

India, Pakistan exchange fire on LoC in Kashmir

Indian and Pakistani troopers posted along line-of-control (LoC) dividing Kashmir fired on each other's positions, officials said Friday. The ceasefire violation took place along the...

Chinese troops on LoC: Gen Parnaik

JAMMU - A top Indian Army Commander blamed that China's presence in Pakistan -administered Kashmir is "increasing steadily" and its troops are "actually present" along the Line of Control (LoC), , adding the Chinese footprints are "too close for comfort" for India.
"Chinese presence in Gilgit-Baltistan and the Northern Areas is increasing steadily. There are many people who are concerned about the fact that if there was to be hostility between us and Pakistan, what would be the

IHK traders suspend cross LoC trade for two weeks

SRINAGAR - Traders in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) have suspended cross Line of Control (LoC) trade for the next two weeks due to unnecessary harassment by Indian Commercial Tax Department. Per details, over 30 traders involved in cross LoC trade said in a statement issued after a meeting in Poonch that they had decided to suspend their activities for two weeks to protest against the Commercial Tax Department.
The traders also took out a protest rally later.
They said according

PFF announces LOC for Palestine clash

LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation approved Sunday the Local Organization Committee (LOC) for Lahore football test to be played between Pakistan and Palestine on March 1 at Punjab Stadium, Ferozpur Road. Punjab Higher Education Secretary Haseeb Athar will act as LOC Chairman while Arshad Khan Lodhi, Salman Ejaz, Lt.Col (retd) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi and Muhammad Rana Tahir will act as Vice Chairman.
Wing Comm (retd) Pervaiz Saeed Mir is designated as Organizing Secretary.

Trade across LoC may help improve Indo-Pak peace: PILDAT

ISLAMABAD - The trust developed through small barter trade taking place between Indian held Kashmir and Azad Kashmir has provided some former militants peaceful, non-violent role and alternative vision for change and conflict transformation despite considerable obstacles being faced by traders living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
"The cross border relationships of trust developed through trade have proved to have resilience to political turmoil and have begun to

Indian troops kill 2 in clash along LoC

SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers shot dead two suspected militants on Sunday after they crossed into Indian-held Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, an army spokesman said.
The two were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border that splits Kashmir between Pakistan and India - in the southern Poonch sector, the Indian army spokesman said.
"The operation in the area is still going on," he said, adding that militants were desperate to get into