UN chief urges India-Pakistan maximum restraint

UNITED STATES: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appealed to Pakistan and India for "maximum restraint" in the wake of the airspace violations by Indian warplanes along the Line of Control (LoC)."The Secretary-General is closely following the situation," Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson, said in response to a question at the regular noon briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York.To a question about India's claims of heavy casualties on the Pakistani side, Guterres said the UN had nothing on it.Meanwhile, Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, delivered a letter, penned by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and addressed to the UN Secretary-General at his office.The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also condemned the Indian violations of airspace  along the LoC by the Indian warplanes.