A delegation of ambassadors, diplomats, defence attaches and representatives of various countries and international organisations will visit the Line of Control on Thursday (today).
Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Babar Iftikhar would brief the delegation on the latest border situation, particularly along the LoC. The delegation would also meet the victims of Indian troops' ceasefire violations.
Pakistan has always welcomed the United Nations Military Observer Group (UNMOGIP), international media and foreign diplomats to visit the LoC, and have given them access to the local population to assess the on-ground situation.
On the other hand, India has never allowed such accesses or organised visits to LoC. Even the UNMOGIP mandatory visits have not been allowed, whereas journalists of international media organisations have been arrested for covering the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The delegation set to visit the LoC include representatives from Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU, Portugal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Palestine, Greece, Australia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Iraq, UK, Italy, Poland, Uzbekistan, Germany, Switzerland, France, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and UN-World Food Programme.
In July, international media had visited the LoC in Chirikot sector and interacted with the victims of continued Indian ceasefire violations and witnessed the situation along the de facto border between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
During the visit, the international media was shown areas in Poonch sector towards the Indian side from where the Indian troops deliberately targeted civilian population with heavy weapons, mortars; cluster ammunition was also used in various sectors of the LoC, which was against all international conventions.
The international media personnel also witnessed military posts deployed along the LoC eyeball-to-eyeball. The journalists were shown the Indian surveillance grid and obstacle system along the LoC, having a three to four kilometre anti-infiltration depth from the LoC.
from News Updates From Pakistan - Pakistani News - The Express Tribune https://ift.tt/3hZhGYo
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