Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Syed Haider Shah was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs today. He was conveyed Government’s grave concerns at the continued ceasefire violations and deliberate targeting of innocent civilians by Pakistan forces.
More than 100 such violations have been carried out by Pakistan forces on the Line of Control and the International Border so far during 2018.
Ministry of External Affairs has registered its strong protest at the loss of three innocent civilian lives besides injuries to nine other civilians in ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces on 18 and 19 January 2019 in Hiranagar, Samba, Ramgarh, R S Pura
and Arnia sectors.
It was conveyed to the concerned authorities in Pakistan that deliberate targeting of innocent civilians was against all established humanitarian norms and practices. Pakistan was again called upon to adhere to the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding for maintaining
peace and tranquility along the Line of Control and the International Boundary.
New Delhi
January 19, 2018