Pakistan warns India: 'Ceasefire violations may lead to a strategic miscalculation'

Pakistan summons Indian envoy to protest LoC violations; FO says New Delhi's actions threaten regional peace

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to register a protest against unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on May 2 and May 5.

Dr Mohammad Faisal, director general (SA and SAARC), summoned the Indian diplomat and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations.

"Indian forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy weapons. This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 1,970 ceasefire violations," read a statement issued by the Foreign Office.

India ‘continues to violate ceasefire’ along LoC

"The deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws. The ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation."

He urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement; investigate these and other incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct Indian forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit, and maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.

Dr Faisal also reiterated Islamabad's demand that New Delhi should permit the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council resolutions.

On May 2, Indian forces martyred a 15-year-old boy Tahir Hafeez and injured his nine-year-old sister Tahira in Rakhchikri Sector along the LoC.

Days later, on May 5, unprovoked Indian shelling in Hotspring and Kotkotera sectors martyred two civilians - a woman named Nasreen Bibi and a 12-year-old child Muhammad Zahid - and left another woman, Sonia Bibi, gravely injured.