Pakistan categorically rejected India’s claim over attack on terror launchpads along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Jura, Shahkot and Nausehri sectors on October 19 and 20.
On Sunday, Pakistan government in Islamabad summoned Indian chargé d’affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia and refutes attack on any launchpad in LoC area by the Indian Army.
Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat told on October 20 that India carried out strikes taking out terror launch pads across areas along LoC on the intervening night on October 19 and 20 killing at least six to ten Pakistani soldiers and injuring three terror camps.
Pakistan’s foreign office countered India’s claim on the very next day of the announcement, stating that the India’s unprovoked ceasefire violations have targeted civilian populations.
Mohammad Faisal Director General of SA and SAARC, condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the LoC on the intervening night of October 19 and 20.
He told the Indian envoy that five civilians had died, while six others, including women and children sustained serious injuries.
The foreign official alleged that the Indian forces have been continuously targeting the civilian populated area with artillery fire, heavy calibre mortars and automatic weapons.
Earlier, Pakistan approached the ‘Permanent Five (P5)’ member countries of the UN Security Council highlighting the Indian threat to regional peace and security, to ask India to provide information about the so-called alleged launchpads.
Pakistan also expressed its willingness to invite the P5 diplomats to those locations to expose Indian falsehood.
It said the “heinous Indian targeting of civilians is a typical attempt by India to divert international attention from the humanitarian nightmare” in Kashmir.
Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement, saying the Indian side should permit the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council Resolutions.
On Saturday evening, two Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed, while three civilians injured as Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire in Tanghar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Indian Army retaliated through artillery firing and caused several damage to the terror infrastructure.