Summary FO spokesman stated it was unfortunate that such an incident should have taken place.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned unprovoked firing by Indian soldiers along the LoC near Rawalakot this morning which resulted in the killing of a Pakistani soldier and serious injury to another.
Foreign Office Spokesman stated that it was unfortunate that such an incident should have taken place at a time when the two governments are making sincere efforts towards improving relations for resolution of all outstanding disputes.
Pakistan called upon the Government of India to carry out a thorough investigation into this grave incident and to ensure that such occurrences do not take place.
Indian forces have been committing violation of ceasefire agreement on LoC. Resultantly, scores of Pakistani civilians and troops had embraced Shahadat.
Pakistani government has raised the issue with the Indian government on the number of occasion, but Indian government neither changed policy nor stopped violations of LoC.
According to the ISPR‚ a Pakistani soldier Asim Iqbal was martyred while Naik Muhammad Khan was seriously injured. Asim Iqbal belonged to village Chawarian‚ district Rawalpindi.
