Times of Islamabad

Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat to the foreign office

Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat to the foreign office

Islamabad: A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of ForeignAffairs on Friday to register Pakistan’s strong protest over ceasefireviolations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC)on October 29, 2020, resulting in serious injuries to two innocentcivilians.

The foreign office in a statement said, “Due to indiscriminate andunprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Nezapir and RakhchikriSectors of the LoC, 22 year old Rukhsana Shaheen d/o Muhammad Iqbal,resident of Kirni village and 36 year old Muhammad Azam s/o Chanan Din,resident of Akhori village, sustained serious injuries”.

The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB)have been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artilleryfire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons. This year, India hascommitted 2580 ceasefire violations to date, resulting in 19 shahadats andserious injuries to 199 innocent civilians.