Pakistan And India Decided To Resolve Matters
Pakistan And India Decided To Resolve Matters: On the matter related to the harassment diplomats and treatment of diplomatic premises, Pakistan and India have mutually agreed to resolve it in line with the 1992 “Code of Conduct” for treatment of Diplomatic/Consular personnel in India and Pakistan. This development is seen staff at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had complained of being harassed in their host country.
Diplomats Harassment Incidents Continues In India
- While the diplomats also complained of their families being harassed a car carrying unaccompanied underage children of a diplomat was made to stop on a busy main road in the Indian capital and the children were harassed by unknown individuals for over an hour. Due to it the diplomat’s daughter is still traumatized by the trouble, as per media sources.
- In another incident, the vehicle of another senior counselor was forcefully stopped by an unknown individual who then landed and took pictures of the counselor.
- Started in the first week of March these incidents are not the new but becoming a continuing trend. Earlier in March, a senior diplomat’s vehicle was stopped and damaged. The following day the deputy high commissioner’s vehicle was raced by unknown individuals in a car and on a motorcycle, who dragged the driver out of the car and badly abused at him.
- In another incident, the Pakistan High Commissioner was chased and his car was damaged by unknown individuals. The very next day, the high commissioner raised the issue with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and met with the MEA joint secretary in connection with the incidents.
- Following the meeting, instead of incidents being stopped, two counselors of the Pakistani mission were harassed in a similar manner.
Pakistan High Commission again raised the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs in India. The Pakistani High Commission has once again seriously taken up the matter with the Indian government to look into the matter before they start expelling Indian diplomats from Pakistan.