Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to record a strong protest against recent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian forces. The FO stressed compliance of the 2003 ceasefire understanding. Due to “indiscriminate and unprovoked firing” by the Indian occupation forces in in Hotspring Sector of the LoC on Dec 9, a 55-year-old woman had suffered serious injuries, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
It noted that Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) had been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons. This year, India has committed 2,940 ceasefire violations, resulting in martyrdom of 27 people and serious injuries to 247 innocent civilians.In the meeting with the Indian envoy, the FO said killing of innocent civilians was condemned as deplorable and “against all established humanitarian norms and professional military conduct”.
