Pak. protests 'provocative acts' on working boundary

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, APRIL 2. Pakistan is believed to have apprised the United Nations and other important world capitals, including Washington and Beijing, about the alleged ``provocative'' acts by India on the `working boundary' between the two countries in the recent weeks.

A report in the Urdu daily, Jang, has claimed that the Pakistan Foreign Office had informed the UN and others that the recent developments on the boundary had the potential to jeopardise its initiatives for peace and resumption of the stalled dialogue with India.

Last week, Pakistan accused India of attempting to alter the character of the `working boundary' by fencing it and warned of consequences if India did not give up the project. A day later, a strongly-worded statement by the Pakistan Foreign Office accused Indian troops of resorting to unprovoked firing on the Line of Control and said such acts could jeopardise the peace moves.

The Jang report has said that Pakistan had told the UN and world capitals that the recent developments in Kashmir could prove to be a setback to the efforts which Pakistan had been making to bring peace and stability in the region. It has cited partial withdrawal of troops on the international border and observance of maximum restraint on the LoC among the various measures taken in recent months.

Quoting well-placed sources, the report has said Pakistan had apprised the U.S., China, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and other important countries of the prevailing situation. It said Pakistan would also caution the Indian military headquarters about the ongoing developments through the Hotline on Tuesday.

In another report, the paper has said Pakistan had successfully increased the range of the Shaheen II missile by 1500 km and now it had a firing range of 4000 km. The paper has said Pakistan decided to test fire the improved version of the Shaheen II missile and the exact date for the test firing would be announced soon.

According to the report, if the missile were test fired in accordance with the improved range, target would have to be set either in the Indian Ocean or Arabian Ocean. The report also said the improved version had also increased the speed of the missile and no anti-missile system would be able to stop it.

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