Pakistan again summons India envoy over firing

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday once again summoned Indian deputy high commissioner J.P. Singh at the Foreign Office to lodge protest against the alleged ceasefire violations. A foreign ministry statement said the Indian deputy high commissioner was summoned to lodge “strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control and Working Boundary.”

Director General South Asia Dr Mohammed Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement and investigate the repeated incidents of ceasefire violations, said the statement.

The DG said the Indian side should permit United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council resolutions. This was the third time in three days that Mr Singh was summoned.