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[DAWN] In the sternest warning as yet, Pakistain on Monday signalled that it could consider choking India’s supply lines near the Line of Control (LoC) if the latter did not ’rein in’ its troops committing ceasefire violations, as six more civilians, four women among them, were maimed in Azad Jammu and Kashmire in "unprovoked and indiscriminate" shelling by Indian soldiers.The threat was conveyed during a conversation between the directors general of military operations (DGMOs) of Pakistain and India over the telephone hotline. The conversation was held in the aftermath of targeting of a Pakistain Army’s vehicle along the Neelum River on LoC at Athmuqam. The vehicle fell into the Neelum River. Four soldiers drowned after the attack.
The Inter-Services Public Relations said it was a "weekly hotline contact", which usually happens every Tuesday between officers of operations directorates of the two countries. The Indian Army in its statement said the conversation had been requested by the Pak side for discussing the Athmuqam incident.
Last such conversation between the DGMOs took place almost six weeks ago when the Pak side sought a contact for protesting over killing of civilians on its side.