Highlights 1 Army jawan killed in Pakistan firing in Krishna Ghati sector in Jammu and Kashmir. An army jawan was killed as Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir this evening, a defence spokesman said. He said the Pakistan army initiated the unprovoked firing on the Indian Army posts at around 5 pm today, and the Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively. On August 8, Sepoy Pawan Singh Sugra (21) was killed in unprovoked Pakistani firing. "The Pakistani army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatic weapons and mortars from 0515 hours in Poonch sector along the LoC.

Source: India Today August 12, 2017 16:51 UTC