NEW DELHI: Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja Asif has written to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj seeking to bring down the number of incidents of ceasefire violations across LoC and International Boundary (IB), sources here told TOI.The letter from Asif, which was delivered to Swaraj last week, stated that it was high time the two countries worked to end these violations as these had also led to a large number of civilians casualties. The figure for such violations for the entire last year was 449. Pakistan recently offered to allow his wife to meet him but India has demanded that his mother too be allowed to visit Jadhav. In his letter to Swaraj, Asif quoted Pakistan's figures to highlight the alleged ceasefire violations by India. Islamabad claims that Indian troops have been responsible for over 1300 violations this year and had caused the death of 52 civilians.

Source: Times of India December 04, 2017 22:30 UTC