24 November 2016

News Story: Pakistan summons Indian envoy over LoC firing

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Wednesday summoned an Indian envoy over the cross Line of Control (LoC) firing that killed seven bus passengers and three soldiers.

Director General at the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal conveyed strong condemnation to Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over the "unprovoked ceasefire violations" on Wednesday by Indian forces along the LoC in Dhudnial sector.

The Pakistani official said the Indian troops "intentionally targeted a civilian bus," resulting in martyrdom of 7 innocent civilians and injuries to several others.

Read the full story at Xinhua


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PacificSentinel: I really wish that both sides of this spat would stop using the word "unprovoked", just because YOU don't know what you did to provoke the attack, doesn't mean your actions or inaction didn't provoke it. As for this conflict, the provocation was Pakistani based Terrorist's (and Pakistan's support of them) attacking an Indian Military Base, which got an Indian response, and started this Tit for Tat cross border action.