Indian troops martyr woman in deliberate across border firing

RAWALPINDI: Indian troops have martyred an innocent woman in across the border firing in Bhimber Sector, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

“Indian troops carried out unprovoked deliberate firing on civilian population in Bhimber Sector. Resultantly, a lady Munazza Bibi embraced Shahadat. Pakistani troops engaged Indian posts,” reported media wing of armed forces, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

ISPR said the 22-year-old woman was mother of two children.

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The Foreign Office later summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to lodge protest over the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimbar Sector.

“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,” said Director General (SA & SAARC) Dr Mohammad Faisal.

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

The Indian forces along the Line of Control and the Working boundary are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy weapons.

In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 2312 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary, resulting in the shahadats of 35 innocent civilians, while injuring 135 others.