LoC: Compensation for losses in Indian shelling to be increased

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet accorded approval to amendments in a law to increase compensation for loss of lives and moveable and immovable properties owing to Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC).

The amendments to the AJK Ceasefire Line Incidents Relief Act were okayed in the light of the recommendations put forth by a committee headed by Minister for Communication and Works Chaudhry Mohammad Aziz and comprising Minister for Revenue Sardar Farooq Sikandar and senior member of Board of Revenue Fayyaz Ali Abbasi.

With AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider in chair, the cabinet meeting finalized that Rs1 million would be given to the family of each martyr at the LoC, against current amount of Rs300,000.

For permanent disability, Rs800,000 were approved in addition to Rs300,000 for grievous injury, Rs40,000 for simple injury, Rs50,000 for tenant’s business goods, Rs90,000 for loss of camel, Rs50,000 for loss of buffalo, cow or horse, Rs40,000 for loss of mule or donkey, Rs15,000 for loss of sheep or goat and Rs50,000 for loss of household accessories.