During a cabinet meeting, three federal ministers, including defence minister Khawaja Asif who belong to Sialkot and Narowal districts of Punjab, urged the Nawaz Sharif government to take measures to avoid civilians' casualties along the border.
"The cabinet decided to build 50 bunkers along the Working Boundary to provide refuge to villagers living in the area during cross-border firing from India," Information minister Maryam Aurangzeb said.
The government also announced to enhance compensation for those killed and injured in cross-border firing incidents.
The villagers from Sialkot and Narowal were badly hit due to firing last year and dozens of them were killed and injured due to border clashes between Pakistan and India at the height of tension.
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