ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned India's deputy top commissioner for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday over the alleged "unprovoked firing" through Indian troops across the Line of Control which resulted within the loss of life of two people.
The tensions have increased between the two aspects because of ongoing skirmishes and Pakistan has summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh five instances since Monday.
Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations" through Indian forces, the Foreign Office mentioned.
In a remark, it claimed that the newest violation through Indian forces took place on January 20-21, when 18 Indian posts resorted to "unprovoked firing" with mortars and heavy weapons within the Nikial sector at the LoC.
The firing killed two civilians - a 33-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman - and injured any other women and a lady, the Foreign Office mentioned.
Faisal mentioned the deliberate targeting of civilian populated spaces is certainly deplorable and towards the human dignity, world human rights and humanitarian regulations.
The repeated ceasefire violations through India "are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation," he asserted.
He steered the Indian aspect to admire the 2003 ceasefire association and examine the repeated incidents of ceasefire violations, the remark mentioned.
Faisal additionally steered the Indian aspect to permit the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated function as according to the UN Security Council resolutions.
India maintains that UNMOGIP has outlived its software and is inappropriate after the Simla Agreement and the ensuing establishment of the Line of Control.
The FO, except for today, had summoned India's deputy top commissioner on January 15, 18, 19 and 20.
The tensions have increased between the two aspects because of ongoing skirmishes and Pakistan has summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh five instances since Monday.
Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations" through Indian forces, the Foreign Office mentioned.
In a remark, it claimed that the newest violation through Indian forces took place on January 20-21, when 18 Indian posts resorted to "unprovoked firing" with mortars and heavy weapons within the Nikial sector at the LoC.
The firing killed two civilians - a 33-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman - and injured any other women and a lady, the Foreign Office mentioned.
Faisal mentioned the deliberate targeting of civilian populated spaces is certainly deplorable and towards the human dignity, world human rights and humanitarian regulations.
The repeated ceasefire violations through India "are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation," he asserted.
He steered the Indian aspect to admire the 2003 ceasefire association and examine the repeated incidents of ceasefire violations, the remark mentioned.
Faisal additionally steered the Indian aspect to permit the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated function as according to the UN Security Council resolutions.
India maintains that UNMOGIP has outlived its software and is inappropriate after the Simla Agreement and the ensuing establishment of the Line of Control.
The FO, except for today, had summoned India's deputy top commissioner on January 15, 18, 19 and 20.
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