Pakistan summons Indian Deputy HC over LoC firing (Lead)

Islamabad June 12 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control that it said killed two of its civilians and injured three others.

Director General (SA & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the firing by the Indian side in Chirikot and Hot Spring Sectors on June 10 and June 12 respectively.

It termed the deliberate targeting of civilians as condemnable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws.

According to the ISPR the Indian troops used heavy weapons including mortars to which the Pakistan Army effectively responded.

The two civilians killed were identified as Wayar Younas 18 and Asad Ali 19. Three others including two women were injured it said.

The victims were resident of Bhabra village.

Earlier Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria tweeted: Indian DHC summoned to FO to condemn LoC violations.

The deliberate targetting of civilians is indeed condemnable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws he posted.

In the morning both sides traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir s Poonch district.

India said the Pakistan army resorted to indiscriminate firing and shelling on Indian positions in Krishna Ghati and Mendhar sectors.

They first initiated small arms and automatic gunfire but later used mortars an official said.

Reports from Mendhar said some cattle were injured as shells fired from across the LoC landed in civilian areas.

--IANS
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