SRINAGAR/LAHORE: Cross-border firing between India and Pakistan killed at least eight Pakistanis, including a woman, on Friday, the day India marked the 50th anniversary of a war between the two South Asian nations.On the Pakistani side of the frontier, eight civilians were killed and more than 40, including 22 women and 15 children, were treated for wounds in hospital in the town of Sialkot, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. It said that firing took place in Charwah, Harpal, Chaprar and Sucheetgarh sectors.Meanwhile, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said three civilians had died in firing across the frontier in the northern Jammu region. On Thursday, Indian security forces reported the capture of a man in north Kashmir after a shootout in which three others were killed. He was the second one to be taken alive in recent weeks.The talks had been agreed on at a meeting last month in Russia between prime ministers Narendra Modi of India and Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan, but fell apart over whether the disputed territory of Kashmir should be put on the agenda.In New Delhi, leaders marked the anniversary of the 1965 war fought over Kashmir that ended in a ceasefire and a return to front lines that predated the conflict. Meanwhile, those killed by Indian firing were laid to rest in a local graveyard in the presence of a large number of people on Friday.People belonging to different walks of life attended the funeral prayers. Some villagers told APP that Indian troops started firing early in the morning on the civil population.The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Sialkot. Rangers sources said the attacks along the Working Boundary had mostly harmed civilians, adding that livestock belonging to the residents of the area were also killed, while houses partially damaged. India has violated ceasefire 70 times during the last two months. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his concerns over firing on Working Boundary with India. He also expressed condolence over loss of eight innocent lives and injuries to more than 40 others during the firing. Pakistan Rangers spokesman Major Waheed Bukhari said that unprovoked firing had started overnight from the Indian side. It was followed by retaliation from the Rangers.Both said the other side had opened fire first.A Pakistani military statement said its troops “are befittingly responding to Indian firing”. The accounts could not be independently verified, but tensions have been running high between the neighbours since peace talks that were due to be held last weekend were called off at the last minute.The Foreign Ministry later on Friday summoned the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad to lodge a “strong protest”, the ministry said.