Daily Times

An 18-year-old girl was martyred in Indian army’s unprovoked firing on civilian population across the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Wednesday.

According to a statement issued by the ISPR, the Indian army troops initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC targeting civil population in Hot Spring Sector. An 18-year-old girl, a resident of Fatehpur village, embraced Shahadat while six innocent people including two women and two girls got injured in Fatehpur and Tahi villages.

Pakistan Army troops responded effectively and targeted those Indian posts which initiated the fire.

According to the ISPR, the Indian troops committed 1,877 ceasefire violations this year so far in which 15 innocent civilians including six women and five children were martyred while 144 people got injured including 46 women and 37 children.

The firing incident happened at a time when Pakistan was marking Youm-e-Istehsal across the country as a token of protest against India’s illegal move that changed the status of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Meanwhile, Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC).

Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, summoned the Indian diplomat and conveyed that due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian forces in Hotspring (Tata Pani) Sector of the LoC, one person was martyred while six others sustained serious injuries.

According to a press release issued from the foreign office, the Indian forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) have committed 1877 ceasefire violations in the ongoing year, resulting in 15 deaths and serious injuries to 144 civilians.

Condemning the deplorable targeting of innocent civilians by the Indian occupation forces, it was underscored that such senseless acts are in clear violation of the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, and are also against all established humanitarian norms and professional military conduct.