India Summons Pak High Commissioner Abdul Basit For Ceasefire Violations By Pakistani Troops

NEW DELHI, INDIA - AUGUST 16: Abdul Basit, Pakistan High Commissioner, leaves the Ministry of External Affairs office on August 16, 2015 in New Delhi, India. India summoned Pakistan's envoy in New Delhi to protest over unabated ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along LoC for the killing of eight civilians in border firings on the weekend, hiking tensions ahead of talks between the neighboring countries. On Independence Day, on Saturday, five civilians, including a sarpanch were killed and five others injured in heavy firing and mortar bomb shelling. A woman was killed today in heavy mortar shelling from the Pakistani side. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)