Mortars and automatic weapons were used by the Indian army to target innocent civilians.Photo: ISPR 

RAWALPINDI: A man in the Phuklian sector embraced martyrdom due to unprovoked firing from Indian troops on Wednesday. 

Muhammad Zahoor ? resident of Dewra village ? lost his life after Indian troops initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation along the working boundary in Phuklian sector, a press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

Mortars and automatic weapons were used by the Indian army to target innocent civilians. 

Pakistan Rangers troops effectively responded and targeted Indian posts that opened fire on the civilian population.

Minor girl martyred in Indian firing across LoC

Indian troops targeted civilian population in Chirikot Sector across the LoC, the ISPR says

An eight-year-old girl was martyred on September 2 after Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing on civilian population across the LoC in Chirikot Sector.

The Pakistan Army gave a fitting response to Indian firing, which silenced enemy guns.

Commander Rawalpindi Corps Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza reiterated on September 10 that the Pakistani troops are strongly resolved to respond aggressively and effectively to any Indian miscalculation or misadventure along the border.

Indian misadventures along LoC will be responded aggressively: Lt Gen Nadeem

Rawalpindi's corps commander visited Battal, Dawarandi sectors along the LoC on Sunday

After three civilians were martyred and two injured due to firing from the Indian forces in the Tatta Pani and Poona sector of the LoC on August 27, the Foreign Office summoned the Indian High Commissioner the next day to lodge a protest against the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the LoC.

The FO said that the deliberate targeting of civilians by Indian forces was unacceptable and India was violating human rights by committing such acts.

Indian envoy summoned over LoC violations by Foreign Office

India has violated the ceasefire 382 times in 2016, says FO

The Indian side was also urged to respect the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding, investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations and instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC.

India has violated the ceasefire 382 times in 2016.