Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that Indian aggression or any misadventure would always get a most befitting response, the military’s media wing said. He has also given directives for enhanced protective measures including the construction of greater community shell protection shelters for the civil population. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief gave the directives during his visit to the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary (WB) in the Khuiratta and Ratta Arayan sectors on Monday. The visit came following India’s continued ceasefire violations along the borders, resulting in the deaths of a number of innocent civilians, including Pakistani soldiers, and injuries to many others. Gen Qamar was apprised by commanders on the border violations carried out Indian troops on the civilian population. He lauded the effective response given by troops to Indian aggression. The COAS also hailed the determination of local population against Indian shelling and firing. He doubled down on the Pakistan Army’s commitment to abide by the ceasefire agreement of 2003, adding that the restraint should not be misconstrued as response limitation. Later, the army chief also visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Sialkot to meet injured citizens due to recent Indian shelling. Recently, number of casualties at the working boundary has risen due to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing by the Indian forces. Indian forces have carried out more than one hundred fifty ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary in just last twenty days. The Indian forces along the Line of Control and the Working boundary are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy mortars and automatic weapons. Deliberate targeting of civilian populated areas is indeed deplorable and contrary to human dignity, international human rights and humanitarian laws. Ceasefire violations by India are a threat to regional peace and security and may lead to a strategic miscalculation. India needs to stop what looks like a deliberate race to the bottom before it reaches a point of no-return. There can be no underestimation of the value of the ceasefire, and every attempt has to be made to restore the peace on the LoC.
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