Islamabad: Pakistan has summoned a senior Indian diplomat at the Foreign Office to register a strong protest over unabated violations of the 2003 ceasefire agreement by Indian border guards along the heavily-miltarised Line of Control (LoC).

“Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia was summoned by Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, today, to register Pakistan’s strong protest at the ceasefire violations by Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control in Chirikot Sector on February 8, 2020, resulting in the shahadat [martyrdom] of an innocent civilian man and serious injuries to another innocent civilian lady,” Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said in a statement, The Express Tribune reported.

ISPR, the media wing of Pakistan Army, has also said the Indian troops deliberately target civil population with artillery and mortar fire along the defacto border, the report said.