At least 2,000 people left their homes near Kotli and Jhelum districts, and authorities closed all public schools, said officials. “More people are leaving their homes and moving to safer places,” said Umar Azam, a senior government official in Kotli. Most people leaving Chakothi went to Muzaffarabad, the main city in Azad Kashmir, or to stay with relatives in other villages. Those with no family to house them went to the Hattian Bala camp set up by the local administration. At Kamalkote in occupied Kashmir, residents said they had also faced heavy shelling.

Source: Pakistan Today February 27, 2019 17:37 UTC