Pakistan has urged the United Nations to take notice of civilian casualties in Indian firing on the Line of Control and Working Boundary.

In a letter to President United Nations Security Council, Pakistan representative to the UN Dr. Maleeha Lodhi said 20 citizens were martyred and 97 others injured due to unprovoked Indian firing in August 2015.

She said India violated ceasefire agreement thirty-six times in July.

Lodhi urged the United Nations to play its role on implementation of ceasefire agreement.

Shelling across the de facto border, known as the Line of Control (LoC) in disputed Kashmir and the Working Boundary in Punjab, has been on the rise since August.

A meeting between the Indian and Pakistani national security advisors in New Delhi on August 23 was called off at the last minute amid a dispute about whether the agenda should include Kashmir, the Himalayan territory both sides control in part but claim in full.

Now the chiefs of the Pakistan Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force are expected to meet in New Delhi from September 9 to 13 to discuss recent firing incidents and cross-border smuggling.