ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday summoned Indian deputy high commissioner to record protest over Indian army’s unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Leepa sector that killed two women on Tuesday.
According to a statement by the Foreign Office, the SA & SAARC director general summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces in Leepa/Kayani sector on October 24, resulting in deaths of two civilians (Sumaira Younis and Maryam, residents of Naukot village) and injuries to six others.
Despite calls for restraint, India continues to indulge in ceasefire violations. In 2017, Indian forces carried out more than 1150 ceasefire violations along the LoC and the Working Boundary, resulting in the deaths of forty nine civilians and injuries to one hundred and sixty five, as compared to three hundred and eighty two ceasefire violations in 2016, the FO said. The deliberate targeting of civilians is deplorable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws. The ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation, the FO said.
Published in Daily Times, October 26th 2017.
