Pakistan summons Indian envoy again to protest 'unprovoked' firing

Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan yesterday summoned Indian deputy high commissioner JP Singh for the second time in less than 24 hours to lodge a ‘strong' protest over ‘unprovoked' ceasefire violations across the Line of Control.

Foreign officer director general (South Asia, SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and ‘strongly' condemned Indian ceasefire violations on Tuesday in the Khuirata and Battal sectors, resulting in the deaths of four civilians, including a 10-year-old girl, a statement said.

Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement, investigate the incidents of violations, instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, and stop targeting villages and civilians along the LoC, the statement added.

The statement said that India has this year, ‘committed 222 ceasefire violations, out of which 184 have been on the LoC and 38 on the Working Boundary, resulting in shahadat of 26 civilians and injuries to 107'.