FO summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations.

Byline: Javaid-ur-Rahman

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian Charge d'Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Shahkot and Khuiratta Sectors Thursday.

Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by Indian army, three innocent civilians including, Ilm Din, s/o Zulfiqar, Gul Zarin, s/o Ilm Din and Sultan, s/o Gul Zarin, residents of village Lala, Tehsil Athmaqam, District Neelum, embraced shahadat, while one child, Iqra d/o Muhammad Aftab, age 4 years, resident of village Jugulpur, Tehsil and District Khuiratta, sustained serious injuries.

Spokesperson Foreign Office and Director General South Asia and Saarc Dr Mohammad Faisal urged the Indian side to respect 'the 2003 Ceasefire Arrangement' and to investigate Thursday's and other incidents of ceasefire violations.

He urged that the Indian side should permit United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council resolutions, according to press release issued here from Foreign Office.

Dr Faisal alleged that the Indian occupation forces along the LoC and Working boundary have continuously been targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-calibre mortars, and automatic weapons, which still continues.

This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 1970 ceasefire violations, it says.

The deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed...