UNMOGIP News

The United Nations has refused to take a position on Pakistani claims of Indian forces firing at UN Vehicles at the Line of control. Pakistan's Army had released pictures of damaged UN vehicles, claiming it was damaged by Indian forces. The Indian Army dismissed the Pakistani allegations saying it did not fire at the UN Vehicles.

Police arrested Malik in Druggen area after the Friday prayers when Malik came out of a mosque to lead the march towards the headquarters of the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in Sonawar area.

Srinagar District Magistrate Farooq Ahmad Lone said restrictions under section 144 CrPc were imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven police stations -- Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Ram Munshibagh.

The Pakistan Army had claimed the vehicle was carrying UNMOGIP officers Major Emmanual of the Philippines and Major Mirko of Croatia.

The UN has denied that its observers in Kashmir came under attack from Indian Army in Kashmir, refuting the Pakistani allegations.

Authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar on Friday to prevent a separatist-called protest march in the city, police said.

The United Nations has said that Kashmir is an internal matter of India and it has no mandate beyond the Line of Control (LoC) to monitor the situation there.

The UN has backtracked on its assertion that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir through the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), clarifying that the observers` mission is limited to the line of control between Indian and Pakistani forces.

India has maintained that UNMOGIP has outlived its utility and is irrelevant after the Simla Agreement and the consequent establishment of the Line of Control (LoC).

He is to succeed Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana, who is completing his two-year assignment in July.