A Pakistani army brigadier briefing cadets explains that the line dividing Pakistani-administered and Indian-administered Kashmir is not an international boundary but a ceasefire line formalized in 1972. What is the correct official name of this line as designated by the Simla Agreement?
Q1. A Pakistani army brigadier briefing cadets explains that the line dividing Pakistani-administered and Indian-administered Kashmir is not an international boundary but a ceasefire line formalized in 1972. What is the correct official name of this line as designated by the Simla Agreement?
Answer: Line of Control as renamed under the Simla Agreement of 1972
Explanation: The Simla Agreement of July 1972, signed between Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi after the 1971 war, renamed the 1949 Ceasefire Line in Kashmir as the Line of Control (LoC) and committed both sides to respecting it. The LoC is not an international boundary; UNMOGIP still monitors violations under its original 1949 mandate.