After a day-long lull, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling on forward Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.Defence PRO Lt Col. Manish Mehta told AIR that Pakistani troops resorted to firing from automatic weapons and mortar shells on forward post in Mandi-Sabzaiyan sector in Poonch from 2330 hrs to 0430 hrs. He said that apart from mortar shells and automatic weapons, Pakistani troops fired 120 mm mortars which is very rare. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing.<br/><br/>There have been as many as 16 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC and International Border in the State only in August which has left one person killed and 10 others injured. In July there were 18 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border in which four persons, including three jawans, were killed and 14 others injured.