ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lodged protest with India over the unprovoked firing along the Line of Control that resulted in the killing of an 18-year-old civilian on Monday.
The Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh was summoned by Director General (SA & SAARC), Dr Mohammad Faisal who condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Indian occupation forces.
“Deliberate targeting of civilians is indeed condemnable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws,” he said.
Muhammad Attique Qureshi, was killed on April 1 when Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing along Chirikot sector.
The director general urged India to respect the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, and to investigate incidents of ceasefire violations, while instructing Indian forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC.
Meanwhile, the United Nations military observer group mandated to monitor the ceasefire violations in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region is investigating the reported violations in the Azad Kashmir side of the Line of Control, a spokesman for the UN secretary-general said, while urging India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution of the issue through dialogue.
“Alleged cease-fire violations are being investigated by the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in the Pakistan administered side of the Line of Control at Domel, Kotli and Bhimber, where the security situation has been tense,” spokesman Stephne Dujarric said in a statement.
“We continue to underline the need for the parties to find a peaceful solution through engagement and dialogue,” the statement added.
UNMOGIP was deployed in January 1949 to supervise the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
