FO summons Indian envoy to register strong protest after 5 injured by firing across LoC.

Islamabad -- The Foreign Office on Monday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register Pakistans 'strong protest' at the ceasefire violations along the line of control (LoC) after the military said five civilians were injured by Indian firing in Nikial sector.

The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday that three minor boys and two women were injured by 'unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian Army troops' along the LoC in Nikial sector on Sunday night.

It added that Pakistani troops 'responded effectively to Indian firing'.

The Foreign Office in its statement said that due to 'indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces on July 5, 10-year-old Junaid, 7-year-old Aryan, 70-year-old Jahan Begum, 50-year-old Zubaida Bibi and 15-year-old Kamran Shafique sustained serious injuries'.

The statement added that India had committed 1,595 ceasefire violations since the start of this year, which had resulted in 14 deaths and serious injuries to 121 people.

'The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) have been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons,' the statement said.

'Such senseless acts are in clear violation of the 2003 Ceasefire...