The exchanges of gunshots continue along the loc
A flag from Pakistan is seen on the Pakistan Rangers station near the border crossing of Attari-Wagah near Amritsar, in India, on April 26, 2025. India suspended visa services to Pakistani nationals “with an immediate effect” following an attack against tourists near Pahalgam in southern Kashmir. Reuters
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A flag from Pakistan is seen on the Pakistan Rangers station near the border crossing of Attari-Wagah near Amritsar, in India, on April 26, 2025. India suspended visa services to Pakistani nationals “with an immediate effect” following an attack against tourists near Pahalgam in southern Kashmir. Reuters
Yesterday, the cashmere administered by Pakistan called residents yesterday near the de facto border with the Indian side of the region to store food while tensions evolve between the rivals of the arc after a deadly attack last month.
India blames Pakistan for the attack of armed men on civilians on the tourist site of Pahalgam to the cashmere administered by the Indians on April 22 who killed 26 men. Islamabad rejected the accusation.
For all the latest news, follow the Daily Star Google news channel. The two nuclear countries have exchanged gunshots against eight consecutive nights along the militarized control line (LOC), of the de facto border, according to the Indian army, and the worried neighbors have issued a series of punitive tat-to-form diplomatic measures, reports AFP.
“Instructions have been sent to store food supplies for two months in the 13 constituencies along the control line (LOC),” the Prime Minister of Kashmir administered by Pakistan, Chaudhry Anwar Ul Haq, said yesterday to the local assembly.
The regional government has also created an emergency fund of one billion rupees ($ 3.5 million) to ensure the supply of “food, drugs and all other basic necessities” to the 13 constituencies, he said.
The government and private machines were also deployed to maintain roads in areas along the loc, he said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan also announced yesterday that it would continue to allow the use of Wagah’s border crossing for its citizens blocked in India, following New Delhi’s decision to revoke the visas following the Pahalgam terrorism incident.
Up to 70 Pakistani nationals were reportedly blocked on Thursday at the border, while the deadline for leaving India has expired a day earlier, reports online.
US vice-president JD Vance said on Thursday that Washington hoped that Pakistan would cooperate with India to track down militants from Pakistan, and that India’s response to recent militant attack on cashmere administered by India does not lead to a broader regional conflict.
“Our hope here is that India reacts to this terrorist attack in a way that does not lead to a wider regional conflict,” said Vance in an interview on the program “Special Report with Bret Baier” by Fox News.
“And we hope, frankly, that Pakistan, insofar as they are responsible, cooperate with India to ensure that the terrorists sometimes operating on their territory are tracked and treated,” added Vance.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked the China’s envoy for approving his offer to carry out a neutral investigation into the Pahalgam attack, reports Dawn Online.
He also revealed that “belligerent actions of India could distract Pakistan from its efforts to fight terrorism” against the Islamic State of Khorasan (IS-K), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (Bla), which “operated inside Afghanistan”.
