Hot line contact: DGMO warns India against any military misadventure

Pakistan will respond with full force ‘at the time and place of our choosing’, says Maj Gen Mirza

A special hotline contact was established on Monday between top military commanders of Pakistan and India as tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours ratchet up at the Line of Control (LoC) amid increasing incidents of ceasefire violations.

Director General Military Operations (DGMOs) Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza spoke to his Indian counterpart in the backdrop of recent ceasefire violations by the Indian army along the LoC and Working Boundary, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

Maj Gen Mirza, according to the military’s media wing, raised issues of unprovoked firing by Indian troops along the LoC and the Working Boundary and continuous targeting of innocent civilians particularly on June 1 in Battal, Garam Chashma and Jandrot sectors which resulted in the martyrdom of innocent civilians.

Maj Gen Mirza told his Indian counterpart that the killing of innocent civilians and inadvertent crossers at the LoC and labelling them infiltrator was highly unprofessional and unsoldierly.



He asked the Indian DGMO to provide actionable evidence regarding alleged infiltration and also to look inwards for correct identification of the issue.

“Pakistan Army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LoC/WB.  However, any Indian misadventure from across/along the LoC in any form shall be responded to with full force at the time and place of our choosing with onus of responsibility on Indian aggressive behaviour,” he cautioned in a statement.

Tensions have been simmering between Pakistan and India for months and there has been increased number of cross-border exchanges between the two countries in recent weeks. Pakistan killed five Indian soldiers on Saturday while responding to the Indian army’s unprovoked firing and ceasefire violation. The ISPR also released footage showing Indian posts being destroyed in the retaliatory action.