A few Indian High Commission officials were harassed and intimidated again in Pakistan yesterday. Sources revealed to the media that the high commission has lodged a protest and sent a Note Verbale to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan following the incident.
The Note Verbale is a diplomatic note, which is unsigned and drafted in third person. It is the 12th note sent to the Pakistan foreign ministry this year on the same subject.
India has this time highlighted two incidents of intimidation and harassment of its officials in the note, the sources revealed.
“The Pakistan Foreign Ministry was apprised that two people aggressively followed and hurled abuses at some of the Indian High Commission officials who had gone shopping to the Blue Area in Islamabad,” said the sources.
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The note also highlighted a similar incident which took place on March 15 wherein an officer of the high commission and his family were followed by two men on a motorbike when they were going to a restaurant.
The high commission has asked the Pakistan government to investigate these incidents.
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The latest incident comes after Pakistan called back its envoy to India, Sohail Mahmood, for “consultation” over reports of harassment.
For over a week, both India and Pakistan have been complaining about alleged harassment of their respective diplomats in the two countries.
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