ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Dr. Mohammad Faisal summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh Tuesday and “condemned the recent instances of cease-fire violations by Indian troops,” according to a Foreign Office statement.
The statement added that “the unprovoked firing of Indian forces had claimed the life of an eight-year-old boy, Ayan Zahid, in Jijot Bahadar village on Feb. 19.”
Pakistani officials say India has so far carried out more than 335 cease-fire violations along the line of control and the working boundaries in 2018, killing 15 innocent civilians and injuring 65 others.
“The deliberate targeting of civilian-populated areas, especially children, is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws,” says the ministry’s statement.
On Feb 16, the Foreign Office summoned J.P. Singh to protest “another cease-fire violation” by the Indian forces along the line of control in Battal Sector. Pakistan maintained that “Indian forces had deliberately targeted a school van, leaving children severely traumatized and killing their driver.”
The statement added that “the unprovoked firing of Indian forces had claimed the life of an eight-year-old boy, Ayan Zahid, in Jijot Bahadar village on Feb. 19.”
Pakistani officials say India has so far carried out more than 335 cease-fire violations along the line of control and the working boundaries in 2018, killing 15 innocent civilians and injuring 65 others.
“The deliberate targeting of civilian-populated areas, especially children, is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws,” says the ministry’s statement.
On Feb 16, the Foreign Office summoned J.P. Singh to protest “another cease-fire violation” by the Indian forces along the line of control in Battal Sector. Pakistan maintained that “Indian forces had deliberately targeted a school van, leaving children severely traumatized and killing their driver.”
