ISLAMABAD – Foreign Office summoned the Indian Deputy High CommissionerJ.P. Singh in Islamabad on Thursday to condemn the unprovoked ceasefireviolations by the Indian occupation forces along the Working Boundary inSialkot Sector.
The Indian forces along the Working Boundary are resorting toindiscriminate and unprovoked firing with heavy mortars and automaticweapons since last night on the civilian populated villages in Sialkot.
The firing resulted in martyrdom of two innocent civilian ladies andinjuries to five others, including three females.
The Foreign Office said that despite calls for restraint, India continuesto indulge in ceasefire violations.
This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India iscontinuing since 2017 when they committed more than 1900 ceasefireviolations.
India was told that deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas isdeplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights andhumanitarian laws.
The ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace andsecurity and may lead to a strategic miscalculation.
The Director General urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefirearrangement; investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations;instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spiritand maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.
He urged that the Indian side should permit UNMOGIP to play its mandatedrole as per the UN Security Council resolutions.