ISLAMABAD – Director General (South Asia & South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation) Dr Mohammad Faisal Saturday summoned the IndianCharge d`Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the unprovoked ceasefireviolations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC).
In the most recent ceasefire violations on September 6, at Khuiratta Sectorof LoC, the Indian forces deliberately targeted innocent civilianparticipants of peaceful rallies organized to show solidarity with thepeople of Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir.
Four innocent civilians, Iftikhar, 35 years old, son of Feroz, Raheel 20years old son of Zameer, Farhan, 20 years old, son of Mehmood, and Adeelson of Mehmood, sustained serious injuries, the foreign office in a pressrelease said.
The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and Working Boundary havecontinuously been targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire,heavy-caliber mortars, and automatic weapons, which still continued. Thisunprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India was continuingfrom the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 1970 ceasefireviolations.
“The deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed deplorableand contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarianlaws. The ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace andsecurity and may lead to a strategic miscalculation,” it added.
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The Director General (SA & SAARC) urged the Indian side to respect the 2003Ceasefire arrangement; investigate these and other incidents of ceasefireviolations; instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letterand spirit and maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.
He urged that the Indian side should permit United Nations MilitaryObservers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated roleas per the UN Security Council resolutions.
