A BSF jawan patrolling in fog along the Indian-Pakistan border near the village Flora, about 25km from Jammu, on October 10, 2014. (AFP photo)

A volunteer serves food to displaced Indian villagers, who fled firing along the India-Pakistan border, at a camp in Ghagwal, about 40km from Jammu, on October 11, 2014. (AFP photo)

NEW DELHI: After a brief lull, Pakistan violated ceasefire yet again on Saturday, drawing a prompt retaliation from Indian troops. Many in the security establishment suspect such violations would continue at least until Diwali later this month.According to sources, the two sides exchanged gunfire in some parts of Poonch. After nine days of ceasefire violations, guns had fallen silent since Thursday night and remained so through Friday. However, firing resumed on Saturday morning during which a dozen border posts in poonch were targeted, sources said. The two sides have been exchanging small fire.Sources in the security establishment suspect that the intermittent firing would carry on at least until Diwali, which falls on October 23. It is a bizarre trend for ceasefire violations to intensify around Eid and carry on until Diwali, and has been seen in most years in recent times.By the latest estimates, at least eight civilians have been killed on the Indian side and 52 injured in the ongoing round of cross-border firings. Of the injured, 12 are army soldiers of an RR battalion. On the Pakistani side, a dozen people have been killed, including 7 from Chenab Rangers. Almost 85 Pakistanis have also been injured in the firing that continued at high intensity for at least nine days.Lieutenant General KH Singh, who commands the Jammu-based 16 Corps, said, “Pakistan wants to internationalise the Kashmir issue, but they have failed in it. They have failed in infiltrating terrorists - they want to give cover to them by firing at our posts. We gave them a befitting reply.”