"Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh today and strongly condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations on October 31 by the Indian Forces on the LoC in Nikial and Jandrot sectors," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
The statement said the firing killed six Pakistani civilians, including a woman, and wounded eight others.
He also mentioned the killing of civilians on Indian side in the ceasefire violations by the Pakistan, they said.
"The Director General urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding; investigate the continued incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spirit, stop targeting the villages and civilians and maintain peace on the Working Boundary and the LoC," the FO statement added.
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