ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the deliberate crossing of the Working Boundary by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops and their initiation of unprovoked ceasefire violation in Pakistan’s Charwa Sector near Sialkot.
In a communiqué to the High Commission of the Republic of India in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the troops from the Indian BSF post in Square-9530 located in Jammu Sector opposite to Pakistani Charwa Sector fired approximately 30 rounds of the small arms and four bombs of 60 millimetre mortar at the Pakistani post in Square-9630 without any provocation.
The communiqué said that the incident happened when 15 BSF troops with three tractors crossed the Working Boundary and started ploughing on the Pakistani side. It said when Pakistan Rangers Punjab troops tried to persuade the BSF troops to return through loud hailers and whistles, the BSF troops responded by firing small arms and mortars at Pakistani post without any provocation.
It added that the same BSF post took a sniper shot at a Pakistani post with the aim to score causality. The foreign ministry lamented that to their further surprise, there was news circulating on the Indian media, accusing Pakistan of violating the ceasefire understanding reached in Feb 2021.
The Foreign Office maintained that the Indian BSF troops displayed aggressive behavior by crossing the Working Boundary and blatantly using mortars with an intent to sabotage the peace along Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary.
The MoFA said that this was the first grave violation of DGMOs Understanding 2021 by the Indian side. The MoFA urged the Indian High Commission to approach relevant authorities in India to take note of the BSF’s casual attitude towards implementation of DGMOs Understanding 2021.
