NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned Deputy Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad and lodged protest against the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) that claimed lives of two civilians.
The demarche from Islamabad came a day after it expressed interest in attending the Heart of Asia conference to be hosted by India and that is aimed to facilitating reconstruction of Afghanistan by attracting investments for the country.
The Pakistan Foreign Office had summoned Deputy Indian High Commissioner JP Singh protested against the “unprovoked” ceasefire violations on October 23-24 in Phuklian and Chaprar sectors. In a statement the Pakistan Foreign Office said that the Indian side was asked to investigate into the incident.
On Monday Pakistan’s Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaz Aziz has said that his country will be attending the conference to be hosted by India to discuss enhancement of investment in Afghanistan. This could be the first ice-breaker between the two countries whose relations have been running downhill constantly.
The Heart of Asia Conference will be attended by 14 Asian countries including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and UAE. The supporting countries include Australia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Iraq, Japan, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the US and the EU.