ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Office has once again summoned India’s deputy high commissioner for the second consecutive day over alleged ceasefire violations along the LoC.
Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was summoned again to “condemn and lodge protest over more civilian casualties at the LoC due to unprovoked ceasefire violations by India,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
The Foreign Office spokesman said that three more civilians were killed in Chirikot and Satwal Sectors yesterday by the Indian troops, increasing the total civilian toll to five, including one man and four women.
Director-General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal who summoned Singh “condemned further unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces.
He said “the deliberate targeting of civilians is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws.”