Envoys invited to visit civilian areas hit by Indian shelling.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan-based foreign diplomats would be taken to areas along the Line of Control, which were hit by Indian shelling, to show that civilian population has been targeted and not the alleged 'terror launch pads' as was claimed by Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat, according to a diplomatic source.

Gen Rawat claimed on Sunday that his troops had 'destroyed three terror camps' and inflicted heavy damage on the fourth one. It was alleged that the camps were in 'Jura, Athmuqam and Kundalsahi sectors'.

Indian troops carried out heavy artillery strikes on civilian population in the wee hours of Sunday in Nauseri, Jura, and Shahkot sectors, leaving six civilians and an army soldier martyred in the unprovoked shelling, in addition to heavy damage to houses and other civilian properties.

The Indian government, a diplomatic source said, had been asked to provide coordinates of the so-called terror camps to prove its allegation that the targets were terror sanctuaries.

Indian deputy high commissioner asked to accompany the diplomats to prove that terrorist infrastructure was targeted

Indian Deputy High CommissioAner Gaurav Ahluwalia, who was summoned to the Foreign Office on Sunday to receive protest over the ceasefire violations, was asked to accompany the diplomats to the LoC and prove on the ground that terrorist infrastructure was hit.

Military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor too made a similar offer over Twitter to the Indian High Commission. 'Indian COAS' statement claiming destruction of three alleged camps in AJK is disappointing as he holds a very responsible appointment. There are no camps let alone targeting those. Indian Embassy in Pakistan is welcome to take any foreign diplomat/media to 'prove' it on the...

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