Indian official summoned over ceasefire violations

ISLAMABAD: Director General, SA & SAARC, Dr Mohammad Faisal, summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces.

Indian forces had started unprovoked firing in Leepa Sector on July 21, resulting in martyrdom of a 12-year-old boy Umair in Gheekot village. Three others were injured in the firing.

That was the third ceasefire violation by the Indian forces in the past four days. Despite calls for restraint, India continues to indulge in ceasefire violations.

In 2017 to date, Indian forces have carried out 618 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.

The deliberate targeting of civilians is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights laws.

The DG urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement, investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations, instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace at the LoC.

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