RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tuesday summoned top Indian diplomat and condemned Indian troops’ unprovoked ceasefire violations along Line of Control (LoC) on February 27 2018 in Nikial Sector resulting in martyrdom of a 13-year-old boy.

According to a Foreign Office statement, Director General South Asia and SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the LoC in Nikial Sector.

It stated that the unprovoked firing by the Indian troops resulted in martyrdom of a 13-year-old boy, M Zain son of M Imtiaz, who was a resident of Thrutti Narri village.

Despite calls for restraint, it stated that India continues to indulge in ceasefire violations. In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 400 ceasefire violations along the LoC and the Working Boundary, resulting in the martyrdom of 18 innocent civilians and injuries to 68 others, it stated.

This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India has been continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 1,970 ceasefire violations, it added.

“The deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, 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 Foreign Office warned.

The director general urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement; investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct the Indian forces to respect ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC and Working Boundary.

He urged that the Indian side should permit UNMOGIP to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council resolutions.