ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army's director general of military operations on Saturday contacted his Indian counterpart and protested the recent tagetting of civilians along the Line of Control (LoC), said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The DGMO conveyed that "deliberate targeting of innocent civilians along LoC lately in Nezapir, Chirikot and Battal sectors are highly unprofessional and unethical".

ISPR added that such provocations are also causing loss of innocent civilian lives and are potentially dangerous to invoking an "unbearable response".

Earlier. Pakistan had summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner to record a protest over a border violation which resulted in the deaths of two civilians.

Tensions along the LoC have significantly increased after the right-wing government of Narendra Modi came to power in India.

Firing across the LoC has become a regular practice by Indian troops and has inflicted material and human losses on the Pakistani side of the border.