Pakistan has summoned India's Charge d'Affaires in Islamabad over an ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, according to a media report.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Office said that the Indian Charge d'Affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was conveyed the government's "grave concern and condemnation on the deeply reprehensible act" of banning Muslim students from wearing hijab in Karnataka, Daily Pakistan reported on Thursday.