Pakistan lodges formal protest after Indian border...

Summary

• Pakistan summoned India’s chargé d’affaires on Saturday to protest the killing of two Pakistani civilians by India’s Border Security Force along the Bedian sector of the international border, calling the shooting an unprovoked and grossly disproportionate use of lethal force against unarmed men.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Office said BSF personnel opened fire Friday on three unarmed residents of Ladhar village in Kasur, killing two and wounding a third, after the men had moved a few steps ahead of a border pillar.
• With Pakistan’s protest formally lodged and an investigation now requested from New Delhi, the incident adds another point of friction to a relationship already carrying multiple unresolved disputes, and the coming days are likely to show whether India responds to Islamabad’s demand for a transparent inquiry or whether the episode instead hardens the standoff further, consistent with how previous cross-border civilian casualty incidents between the two countries have frequently played out.

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Pakistan summoned India’s chargé d’affaires on Saturday to protest the killing of two Pakistani civilians by India’s Border Security Force along the Bedian sector of the international border, calling the shooting an unprovoked and grossly disproportionate use of lethal force against unarmed men.