Pakistan on Tuesday summoned India's acting high commissioner and condemned the "violation of its territorial sovereignty" by Indian fighter jets.
In a statement, the foreign office said that at "approximately 02:54 hours (local time), 8 Indian aircraft were effectively intercepted by the Pakistani Air Force jets and forced" to return.
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The Indian jets "randomly released their ordinance which landed in an uninhabited remote area," it added.
"The acting foreign secretary summoned the Indian acting high commissioner and strongly condemned the Indian violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," it said.
It said that the "baseless, reprehensible Indian claims of targeting a large terrorist camp and resultant causalities to placate Indian domestic audience and electioneering were strongly rebutted."
The acting foreign secretary categorically stated that Indian "aggression was a threat to regional peace and stability and would get a befitting response by Pakistan at a time and place of its choosing."
The official also condemned the "baseless" Indian allegations against Pakistan's involvement in the Pulwama terror attack.
India bombed and destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80-km from the Line of Control, early Tuesday, killing a "very large number" of terrorists, trainers and senior commanders, officials said in New Delhi.