The Foreign Office on Thursday summoned Indian Chargé dˊAffaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register Pakistan’s strong protest over ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the shahadat of an innocent civilian.

"Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Bagsar Sector of the LoC, 33-year-old Ansar s/o Muhammad Ashraf, resident of Garhi village, embraced shahadat," the FO said in a statement and added, "The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) have been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars, and automatic weapons. This year, India has committed 2840 ceasefire violations to date, resulting in 27 shahadats and serious injuries to 245 innocent civilians."

The FO said that the Indian diplomat was called upon to respect the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, investigate this and other such incidents of deliberate ceasefire violations and maintain peace along the LoC and the WB.

"These egregious violations of international law reflect consistent Indian attempts to escalate the situation along the LoC and are a threat to regional peace and security," warned the ministry of foreign affairs and stated that, "By raising tensions along the LoC and the WB, India cannot divert attention from the grave human rights situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK)."