RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army contacted the Indian Army on Tuesday, to discuss the movement of civil and military enumerators near the Line of Control (LoC) as part of the ongoing housing and population census in the country, as per an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.
ISPR said that Indian Army was contacted via Hotline and was asked to inform ground troops about the movement of civil and military enumerators to civil populated areas lying close to LOC in AJ&K and Gilgit-Baltistan.
“The step is aimed at ensuring safety and security of civil and military personnel in wake of unprovoked targeting and persistent ceasefire violations by Indian Army”, the statement read.
Earlier, similar arrangement was resorted prior to commencement of Census, Phase-1.
During the ongoing housing and population census, an army official/enumerator has been deployed with every census team in order to ensure maximum accuracy of the data collected and to overcome possible discrepancies in the process.
