New Delhi, May 11 -- India responded on Saturday to the Pakistani military's "provocative" and "escalatory" actions in a measured way, and Islamabad is resorting to a wanton campaign of targeting innocent people and civilian infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.

As the military conflict between the two neighbours escalated, Misri said at a media briefing here that Pakistan's claims of destroying various places and military installations in India are "completely false".

The Indian and Pakistani militaries targeted each other's installations using missiles over the last 12 hours, further escalating the already tense conflict situation.

The foreign secretary said the Pakistani claims about de...