Islamabad sources have reported that Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations". Meanwhile in a statement, it said that firing on February 4 in Nezapir, Nikial and Karela sectors killed two civilians, including 18 year old Rafaqat Ali and 25 year old Tasleem Begum, and injured seven others including two children.
Meanwhile Faisal claimed that the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working boundary are continuously targeting the civilian populated areas with heavy mortars and automatic weapons. Previously in 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 190 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary, resulting in the deaths of 13 civilians.
Further Faisal said the
deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed deplorable and
against the human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws and
moreover the repeated ceasefire violations by India "are a threat to
regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation".
