Islamabad (November 15, 2017): Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High commissioner and lodge strong protest over unprovoked firing of Indian Army from across Line of Control (LoC).
The Indian Deputy HC was summoned to Foreign Office and a demarche was handed over to him over the continuous violation of ceasefire agreement on LoC by the Indian Army. In the demarche, India was asked to refrain from violation of the 2003’s ceasefire agreement and targeting civilian population along the LoC.
It is to be mentioned here that an elderly woman was killed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday after being hit by a single shot fired by an Indian soldier from across the Line of Control (LoC).
Imam Bibi, wife of Sher Wali, was busy in household chores in the courtyard of her home in the Polas Kakuta village of Abbaspur sector when she received a fatal gunshot wound in her neck at about 3pm, said Raja Tahir Mumtaz, deputy commissioner of Poonch district.
The 78-year-old died on the spot, he added.
The latest incident of cross-border firing took place in the Chirikot sector of the area. According to military sources, India has committed around 1,141 ceasefire violations this year — the highest compared to other years since November 2003, when the two armies had struck a historic truce agreement.
As a result of the violations, 42 civilians (24 of them men and 18 women) have lost their lives while another 248 have sustained injuries in different areas of AJK in the ongoing year, according to the State Disaster Management Authority.
Earlier last week, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa had also visited the Chirikot sector along the LoC.
During the visit, Abbasi had condemned the unprofessional approach, of targetting civilians residing in the area, by Indian forces and reiterated that Pakistan would continue to provide political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people for their struggle.
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