6 ceasefire violations since February pact, Centre reveals; reiterates stance on Pakistan

In a heartening development on Tuesday, Centre informed Parliament that incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan drastically dropped post February 25 pact. Amid relentless ceasefire violations by Pakistan,  Director Generals of Military Operations of both countries h reviewed  situation in a "free, frank and cordial" atmosphere and agreed to strictly observe all agreements and stop firing from February 25. As per data quoted by Union MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, only 6 incidents of cross border firing were reported from March to June in contrast to 615 ceasefire violations in first 2 months of 2021. 

Here is full data of ceasefire violations: 

This was revealed in a response to an unstarred question by Lok Sabha MPs Asuddin Owaisi and Krishna Pal Singh Yav. At same time, Rai ded, "Government’s consistent position has been that India desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan and is committed to dressing issues, if any, bilaterally and peacefully in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence. onus is on Pakistan to create such a conducive atmosphere by taking credible, verifiable and irreversible action to not allow any territory under its control to be used for cross-border terrorism against India in any manner". 

Pakistan's flip-flop on bilateral ties

A day before joint statement of DGMOs of two nations, Pakistan PM Imran Khan h publicly stressed on resolving differences with India via dialogue. Softening brash tone furr, Imran Khan told participants at recently held Islamab Security Dialogue that India can benefit from more tre and connectivity to Central Asia if both nations resolve ir issues. Speaking at same event, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa maintained that it is time to bury past and move forward. 

But, re was a setback when Pakistan Cabinet rejected proposal of Economic Coordination Committee to import sugar, cotton and yarn from India. While Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a Pakistani news channel in an interview on May 7 that abrogation of Article 370 is India's internal matter, he took a U-turn after facing flak from opposition. Since n, Imran Khan has harked back to his rhetorical narrative by asserting that his government will not talk to India unless it reverses steps taken on August 5, 2019, including abrogation of Article 370 and revocation of statehood.