Pakistan, Oct. 4 -- Pakistan summoned the Indian charge d'affaires to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two Pakistani civilians by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the Bedian sector along the international border, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Saturday.

Two unarmed Pakistani civilians were martyred and another was injured in firing by India's BSF near the border in Kasur on Friday. "The BSF personnel resorted to unprovoked and lethal force against unarmed civilians. Such use of force was wholly unjustified and grossly disproportionate, resulting in the tragic loss of two precious lives," the FO said.

Pakistan categorically rejects any attempt to mischaracterise the deceased as "infiltrators", it added.

The FO ...