Sept 05 , 2015
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Pakistan shares details of ceasefire violations with UN Security Council
Maleeha asks world body to take notice of Indian aggression along LoC, Working Boundary
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NEW YORK - Pakistan has written a letter to the United Nations Security Council requesting it to take notice of provocative Indian actions along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.
Raising the issue of ceasefire violations by India at the highest levels of the UN, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi - in the letter to Security Council President Vitaly Churkin - gave details of breaches of the ceasefire, and pointed out that there had been a spike in such violence in the last couple of months, resulting in several civilian casualties.
These violations have involved the use of small arms as well as heavy mortar fire, and had targeted innocent civilians, including women and children. She asked the UN body chief to circulate the letter as an official document of the Security Council.
Maleeha said that during July Indian security forces committed 36 violations of the ceasefire, resulting in five civilians being killed and six injured and in August, the number increased significantly, with ceasefire violations reaching 90, leading to 20 civilians being killed and 97 injured.
Over the past several weeks, Pakistan has been raising the issue of violations by India along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary with top officials of the United Nations.
Earlier, Ambassador Maleeha briefed the senior UN leadership – including Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson – about India’s provocative actions deliberately targeting the civilian population and called for the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to investigate these violations.
– India’s rejection of dialogue –
In her meeting with Eliasson, she had informed him of India’s rejection of dialogue by setting pre-conditions for the first ever official talks between the national security advisers of the two countries, which led to the cancellation of the meeting. She also briefed him of India’s persistent firing across the Line of Control and the Working Boundary.
Earlier, India had also cancelled the foreign secretary-level talks last year. Pakistan remained committed to peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues, including Jammu Kashmir.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk
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