05 April 2017

News Story: Pakistan summons Indian envoy over cross-border shelling

ISLAMABAD, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Monday summoned an Indian envoy over a recent cross-border firing that killed one civilian, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Director General on the South Asian desk at the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Indian forces along the Line of Control(LoC) in Kashmir on April 1, a statement said.

The statement said an 18-year old civilian Muhammad Attique Qureshi was killed in the firing at Chirikot sector.

"The deliberate targeting of civilians is indeed condemnable and contrary to human dignity and international human rights and humanitarian laws," it said.

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