ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned unprovoked firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) across the Line of Control on Saturday night.
In his messages on Twitter, Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria reported that ceasefire violations by India across LoC at Kotli Sector resulted in killing of a 22-year-old old girl, identified as Tashiba, and injuries to two other civilians.
He said that such acts of belligerence, while UNGA session is underway, contradicted India’s own statements and is also in violation of the UN Charter and relevant humanitarian laws.
“We condemn in strongest terms India’s deliberate targeting of innocent civilians. Our heart goes out to families of bereaved and those injured,” he said.
According to details, one girl was martyred and two children were injured Saturday night following an incident of unprovoked firing by Indian army in the Nakyal Sector of the Line of Control (LOC), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement late Saturday night.
However, the Pakistan Army immediately responded “befittingly” to the Indian firing.
The Indian army targeted a village with the use of “small arms and mortars” and, as a result, Tashiba was martyred, while two other persons, including the deceased’s sister, were left wounded.
22-year-old Tashiba, the daughter of Muhammad Iqbal, and her sister Aneeqa, 18, both hail from Balakot village.
On Thursday, six civilians, including four women, were martyred and 26, including 15 women and five children, were injured when Indian forces opened fire across the Working Boundary in Charwah and Harpal sectors of Sialkot.
