Indian Charge d'Affaires summoned to FO for registering Pak's strong protest over CFVs by India.

ISLAMABAD -- Indian Charge d'Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia was summoned by Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Sunday, to register Pakistan's strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on 20 June 2020, resulting in shahadat of one and serious injuries to two innocent civilians.

According to a press release issued by FO Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui, due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Hajipir and Bedori sectors of the LoC, 13 year old Iqra Shabbir d/o Shabbir Ahmed, embraced shahadat; and 32 year old Zahida Bano w/o Shabbir Ahmed and 12 year old Saddam Rafique, s/o Rafique Butt sustained serious injuries, all are residents of Mensar village.

The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) have been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons. This year, India has committed 1440 ceasefire violations to date, resulting in 13 shahadats and serious injuries to 104 innocent civilians.

Condemning the targeting of innocent civilians by the Indian occupation forces, the DG (SA and SAARC) underscored that such senseless acts...