Storyline: Residents in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir are racing against time to stockpile food and essentials as tensions between Pakistan and India escalate, raising fears of imminent conflict. As a standoff between the two countries starting late April continues to escalate, Pakistan carried out a second missile test in three days on Monday, and India ordered several states to conduct security drills. Communities near the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the two South Asian neighbors, are bracing for potential conflict. In the shadow of military escalation, people in Azad Kashmir are stockpiling food and necessities. The local government has launched a massive operation to rush supplies to villages most at risk. Traditionally, remote and snowbound areas stock flour for winter. But with threats of cross-border escalation looming, the Pakistani government is now expanding storage even in accessible zones, relocating supply hubs away from exposed areas. As diplomatic efforts struggle to lower tensions between the two nuclear-armed rival nations, for families there, readiness has become a way of life, not just for winter, but for potential conflict. India blames Pakistan for the April 22 attack that killed 26 civilians at a prime tourist location near the resort town of Pahalgam in the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, a claim Pakistan strongly denies. Shotlist: Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - May 5, 2025: 1. Various of river, bridge 2. Various of traffic, roadside shops 3. Bags of flour 4. Various of local residents buying at shop 5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Shahid Ali, shopper: "We have stockpiled large quantities of wheat, lentils, sugar, rice, and oil." 6. Various of bags of flour 7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Saleem, local resident (starting with shot 6/ending with shot 8): "The government has said that anything could happen at any time, and with fears of war looming, I came here to buy whatever essentials I can afford, some wheat and a bit of oil." 8. Various of traffic, pedestrians 9. Drug store 10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Deewan Ali Khan Chughtai, minister of Azad Kashmir (starting with shot 9): "We have allocated a billion-rupee emergency fund and launched an intensive operation to stock at least two months' supply of wheat flour and medicines across the entire Line of Control belt." 11. Wheat field. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]