Pakistan summoned an Indian diplomat on Saturday to protest the killing of two Pakistani nationals at the border, according to aljazeera.com. The reported deaths were attributed to India's Border Security Force (BSF), the outlet said.
The move came as both countries traded diplomatic complaints. India also summoned Pakistan's top envoy that same day, NDTV reported, lodging its own protest over what it described as cross-border infiltration.
According to Telegraph India, India accused Pakistan of "facilitating" illegal infiltration, and the summons followed a row over BSF killings in Punjab. The Times of India reported that India rejected claims tied to Ferozepur, a district in Punjab, while raising its infiltration concerns.
The competing protests mark another point of friction in a relationship already shaped by long-running disputes over their shared border. Each side framed Saturday's events around its own grievance: Pakistan focused on the deaths of its citizens, while India centered its complaint on infiltration it says is being enabled from across the boundary.
The accounts differ, and neither government's full statement was available in the reporting summarized here. What is clear is that both capitals used the same day to register formal objections through diplomatic channels.
Watch for official statements from Pakistan's Foreign Ministry and India's Ministry of External Affairs, and for any further details on the circumstances of the two deaths.
