14:05
No let up by Pakistan on the last day of 2014. Ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Early reports indicate 1 BSF jawan has been martyred and 1 has been injured.
Over 550 incidents of ceasefire
violations by Pakistan occurred in 2014, the highest since the truce came into
force in 2003, with the Indo-Pak border witnessing the worst such escalation
during August to October which left 13 people, including 2 security personnel
dead, and thousands displaced.
Jammu and Kashmir's Line of Control
and the International Border this year witnessed 562 violations, with
increased shelling, firing, Border Action Team (BAT) and sniper attacks on
civilian areas and forward posts by the Pakistani troops.
As many as
410 ceasefire violations were reported along IB and 152 violations along LoC, in
which 19 people, including 5 jawans, were killed and over 150 injured, besides
scores of cattle perishing.