PNN – As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate, citizens of the two neighboring and nuclear-armed countries have been scrambling along the border areas to stock up on food and other essential items.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Reuters, following the escalation of tensions between the two neighboring countries, India and Pakistan, following the “Pehelgam” attack, citizens of the two nuclear-armed countries have begun to stockpile food and families living along the border have fled to safer areas.
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Media attention in the name of Pakistan’s military operation against India
In the worst war between the two countries in nearly three decades, India and Pakistan have accused each other for the third day of carrying out new military attacks using drones and artillery.
Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad have escalated after India attacked several locations in Pakistan last Wednesday, calling them “terrorist hideouts.” The attacks were carried out in response to last month’s attack on a group of tourists in Pehelgam in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
According to a resident of Punjab, families living in the border area, which is 13 kilometers from the Pakistani border, have moved women and children to safer areas. Drones fired from the Indian side also frightened residents in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which is located near the border. Pakistani officials said the drones were shot down in Lahore.
The drone strike triggered sirens and prompted the US consulate to ask its staff to take shelter. Schools were closed yesterday and residents and shopkeepers in Lahore said they were stockpiling food, gas cylinders and medicine. Citizens’ rush to buy essential items prompted authorities to issue a statement warning businesses against overpricing products.
Escape at night
Kashmiris near the Line of Control (LOC) that divides the region face a more visible and serious threat. Local residents said they had begun evacuating villages and were taking shelter at night as gunfire erupted in valleys. The prime minister’s office in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir said more than 400 people had been evacuated from two areas along the LOC.