Summary The resolution was tabled by Defence Production Minister Rana Tanveer.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - The Pakistani parliament on Thursday expressed concern over the violation of the ceasefire on the line of control (LoC) and called for a "constructive" engagement with India.
The National Assembly or lower house of parliament unanimously adopted a resolution, tabled by Defence Production Minister Rana Tanveer, that condemned the latest incident of firing as an "act of aggression" and expressed serious concerns at the ceasefire violations.
The house called for a "constructive and result-oriented process of engagement" with India. The resolution also paid homage to Capt Sarfaraz Khan, who the army said was killed in Indian firing on Wednesday, and asked Pakistan s civil and military leadership to strengthen the country’s defence.
This was the second such resolution passed by the National Assembly after a similar one adopted last week. The defence committee of the cabinet, the highest forum for decision-making on security issues, met today to chalk out a strategy to deal with tensions on the Line of Control.
Meanwhile, Indian troops again violated the bilateral ceasefire early Thursday when they fired at Pakistani positions in Nakial Sector. Military sources confirmed that two civilians have been injured in the incident.
Earlier on Wednesday, a Pakistan Armyy captain died and a soldier was seriously injured when Indian forces opened fire at Shakma Sector near Skardu.
The fighting Tuesday night in the vicinity of Kargil, where Pakistan and India fought a three-month conflict in 1999, could raise tensions even further.
Later, Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Baglay to register a strong protest over the incident.
The latest round of violence began about two weeks ago when Indian authorities accused Pakistani soldiers of killing five Indian troops in Occupied Kashmir.
The Pakistani military has denied that its soldiers killed any Indian troops and accused Indian soldiers of killing a pair of civilians and now an army captain.
The two sides agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC in November 2003, but skirmishes have flared across the heavily-militarised Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border in Kashmir, in recent weeks, with both sides blaming each other for having violated the agreement.
