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Dawn.com
islamabad
Indian artillery and mortar guns continued to pound civilian population in 'Pakistan-administered Kashmir' on Saturday, leaving at least two civilians dead and another five wounded, according to Waleed Anwar, assistant commissioner of Nakyal.
Casualties occurred in different villages of Nakyal sector in Kotli district, which were targeted by Indian troops from across the restive Line of Control (LoC) throughout the preceding night and during the day, said the assistant commissioner.
The area received shelling for most part of the night, but it was most"intense and indiscriminate" from 11:30am to 1:30pm, he said. Anwar said one man was wounded past midnight, while a man and a woman were killed and four others were injured during the day.
"The shelling is continuing at the moment, though intermittently," he added.
Due to the diminution in severity of shelling, he said, people had started evacuating the victims to the nearest health facilities.
Seven-months-old Noor Fatima is being fed milk after initial treatment in DHQ Hospital Kotli.
According to Medical Superintendent Dr Tariq Mehmood she lost four fingers of her right hand to Indian shelling. Her mother Sahiba Matloob, 23, is also being treated at the same hospital.
