A senior Indian diplomat was summoned Wednesday here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nikial Sector, resulting in serious injuries to three civilians.
Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces, Karam Din, 18 and Rizwan, 20, of Ooli village and Hafiz Ilyas, 30, resident of Khanni village, were critically injured.
According to a statement by the ISPR, the unprovoked shelling by Indian troops took place in Nikial sector in Khanni and Ooli villages. “Indian Army troops initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation using mortars and automatics in Nikial Sector along LoC deliberately targeting civilian population. Due to indiscriminate fire in Khanni and Ooli villages, three innocent civilians received critical injuries.
“All injured evacuated and being provided with medical care,” the ISPR statement added.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have ratcheted up over the past couple of days due to unprovoked ceasefire violations by the former.
On Wednesday, the Indian diplomat was told that such senseless acts are in clear violation of the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, and are also against all established humanitarian norms and professional military conduct. “These egregious violations of international law reflect consistent Indian attempts to escalate the situation along the LoC and are a threat to regional peace and security,” the Foreign Office said in a statement, adding that by raising tensions along LoC and Working Boundary, India cannot divert attention from the grave human rights situation in the occupied valley.
