Pakistan

Pakistan summons Indian Chargé d’Affaires, issues demarche

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1 year ago

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned the Indian Chargé d’Affaires to receive Pakistan’s strong protest on the cowardly attacks by India on multiple locations last night, according to media reports.

26 civilians were martyred and 45 were injured, including women and children, in the strikes by the Indian forces, the foreign office said in a statement.

“It was conveyed that India’s blatant act of aggression constitutes a clear violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. Such actions are in contravention of the UN Charter, international law, and established norms governing interstate relations. Pakistan firmly rejected India’s baseless justifications for its hostile conduct,” read the statement.

The government has warned the Indian side that such cowardly attacks will cause a serious threat to regional peace and stability.

Earlier, China on Wednesday expressed regret and concern over Indian strikes on Pakistan, urging both sides to show restraint in response to a major escalation between its nuclear-armed neighbours.

India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday, after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival.

Pakistan said Indian strikes had killed at least eight people, and India said Pakistani artillery fire had killed three civilians along the de facto border in contested Kashmir.

China, which shares land borders with both countries and is a close ally of Pakistan, said it expressed “regret over India’s military action this morning” and said it was “concerned about the current developments”.

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