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Amid war rhetoric over Kashmir, Pakistan constructing bunkers along LoC opposite Kargil 9/2/2019 6:46:31 PM New Delhi/Srinagar: Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir, some alarming reports are coming in from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Exactly 20 years after the Kargil War of 1999, Pakistan has begun constructing bunkers in forward areas of Skardu, in the Baltoro sector. The bunkers are being constructed by the Pakistan Army. The forward areas in Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where these bunkers are being constructed are located roughly opposite the Kargil area in Jammu and Kashmir. The bunkers are coming up close to the Line of Control. As per the details available, while some of the bunkers are 10 feet x 12 feet, others are 20 feet X 12 feet. Six of these bunkers are close to being built. Sources in the Indian defence said the bunkers could be command posts, if Pakistan has decided to strengthen military presence in the area or to store ammunition. The second one could be taken up in case there is a build-up. The development comes at a time when the war rhetoric from the Pakistani side is growing by the day. Islamabad has been rattled by the Indian government’s move to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and it has been trying to bring up the issue at every possible international forum. However, Pakistan’s efforts have been thwarted and even the United Nations Security Council, despite agreeing to ‘closed consultations’ on the matter, dealt the South Asian nation a blow. Ever since, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and other ministers from his Cabinet have been talking about the threat of a military confrontation over the issue of Kashmir. They have not event shied away from using the N (nuclear) word. In fact, one of the ministers ‘predicted’ that India and Pakistan would go to a full-scale war over the issue of Kashmir in October or November.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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