ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office’s Director General for South Asia and SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal on Tuesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Indian occupation
forces along the Line of Control (LoC) the other day, which resulted in the martyrdom of three Pakistani soldiers.
Indian
forces fired on Pakistani
forces and civ
ilians from 10:55am to 11:20am on February 13 in Thub area of Bhimber Sector.
Dr Faisal said that the deliberate targeting of civ
ilians and soldiers was indeed condemnab
le and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws.
The Director General urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire understanding; investigate
this and other incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct Indian
forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC.