Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over ceasefire violations.

Byline: SHAFQAT ALI

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan yesterday summoned Indian Charge d'Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to lodge protest against the unprovoked ceasefire violations by India along the Line of Control, killing four civilians.

The Indian Army troops initiated unprovoked unprovoked ceasefire violations in Nikial and Bagsar Sectors along LoC targeting civil population.

'Four innocent civilians including a woman in Ratta Jabbar and Lewana Khaiter village embraced shahadat, 1 civilian got injured. Pak Army troops responded effectively to Indian firing,' a military statement said last night.

Yesterday, Indian Charge d'Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia was summoned by Director General South Asia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, to register Pakistan's strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces,

'Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Bagsar and Nikial Sectors of the LoC; 27 year old Razeem s/o Saleem; 25 year old Tehzeeb s/o Saleem; 13 year old Ali Maroof s/o Muhammad Maroof, residents of Ratta Jabbar village in Nikial Sector, and 60 year old Rasheeda Bibi w/o Muhammad Hussain, resident of Lewana Khaiter village in Bagsar Sector, embraced shahadat. Also, 61 year old Muhammad Hussain s/o Fateh Ali, resident of Lewana Khaiter village sustained serious injuries,' said a foreign ministry statement.

The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary have been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons. This year...

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