ISLAMABAD: Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia was summoned byDirector General (South Asia & SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri of PakistanForeign Office, to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefireviolations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC)earlier in the day.
The ceasefire violation occurring in Jandrot and Khuiratta Sector resultedin martyrdom and serious injuries to innocent civilians.
An official statement by the foreign office after the fact stated that dueto indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces inJandrot sector, an innocent lady, Yasmeen Sheraz w/o Sheraz, 36 years old,r/o Red village, embraced shahadat.
Whereas, an innocent girl, Ateba Zaher d/o Zaher Ahmed, 9 years old, r/oMohra Chattar village, sustained serious injuries in Khuiratta Sector.
The statement further read that the Indian occupation forces along the LoCand the Working Boundary (WB) have continuously been targeting civilianpopulated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automaticweapons. This year, India has committed 882 ceasefire violations.
Condemning the targeting of innocent civilians by the Indian occupationforces, the DG (SA & SAARC) underscored that such senseless acts, in clearviolation of the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding and complete disregard forinternational human rights and international norms, further vitiate thetense atmosphere along the LoC and are a threat to regional peace andsecurity.
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He added that by raising tensions along the LoC and the WB, India cannotdivert attention from the grave human rights situation in the IndianOccupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K).
The DG (SA & SAARC) called upon the Indian side to respect the 2003Ceasefire Understanding; investigate this and other such incidents ofdeliberate ceasefire violations and maintain peace along the LoC and the WB.
He also urged the Indian side to allow the United Nations Military ObserverGroup in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated role as per theUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions.
