LAHORE: Director General (DG) Rangers Punjab Major General Tahir Javaid Khan on Friday said Indian aggression along the border could be due to political influence, saying that such clashes could not have a military agenda, DawnNews reported.

DG Rangers was briefing media personnel regarding Indian firing and shelling along the Sialkot working boundary.

He said that Indian firing along the working boundary has been ongoing for two years, adding that unarmed Pakistani civilians were being targeted.

DG Rangers also provided a breakdown of the firearms used in the ceasefire violations, stating that 31,868 mortar rounds have been used in the stipulated time period.

He moreover added that 438,361 small and big weapons have been used against Pakistan. The DG Rangers claimed that such a large quantity of weapons and mortal shells had not even been used in a full-scale war.

Khan rejected allegations levelled by India regarding infiltration of militants in its territory due to assistance from Pakistan and said that it should investigate those locations from where this purported infiltration originated.

Pakistan calls upon India to allow UN observer to visit LoC

Pakistan has called upon India to allow the UN military observer group to visit the Line of Control (LoC) to investigate recent ceasefire violations, said a report published on Radio Pakistan.

During a weekly media briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson, Tasneem Aslam said that Pakistan took the UN observers to its side of the LoC and working boundary few days ago to show them the damage and pattern of fire carried out by the Indian side.

The observers, she said, would have compiled a report and sent it to the UN as per the practice.

She said the UNMOGIP is a neutral observer and the best option for India is to allow the observers to visit its part of the LoC to assess the situation, adding that its investigation and recommendations should be acceptable to India.