NEW DELHI: Pakistan high commissioner Sohail Mahmood returned to India late Thursday evening, within the nick of time for the Pakistan National Day celebrations which he'll host on Friday. While junior overseas minister M J Akbar has been invited as leader guest for the development, govt resources here did not rule out the opportunity of some other junior minister attending the development in his place.
While diplomatic resources in Delhi expressed hope Mahmood’s return will help turn down the heat in ties, the two nations continued to accuse every different of bullying diplomats. India issued but some other be aware verbale on Thursday announcing several Indian officers have been aggressively tailed via Pakistan government in Islamabad. Pakistan too issued a be aware verbale on Thursday for “harassment and intimidation” of its diplomats. Pakistan has for the first time accused India of harassing diplomats’ children and believes the character and scale of intimidation this time is vastly other from what has been observed previous.
Mahmood returned to India precisely every week after Pakistan introduced that it was calling him back for consultations over alleged harassment and intimidation of its diplomats here. Mahmood’s absence at the tournament on Friday would have been observed via India as a deliberate act of escalation via Pakistan. India has continued to handle that at no stage did it contemplate any transfer to recall its high commissioner Ajay Bisaria.
Pakistani media had on March 17 quoted anonymous resources in ministry of overseas affairs (MoFA) to mention that Mahmood was “not going to go back to India any time soon” or “until the whole state of affairs improves”. An Indian legit described it as just some other drive tactic used by Pakistan after it made up our minds to tug out of the WTO ministerial previous this week.
While Pakistan trade minister Pervaiz Malik referred to as off his participation at the remaining minute to protest the alleged harassment of Pakistan officers, the development was attended via a senior Pakistan diplomat primarily based here. As both nations factor one be aware verbale after some other, India and Pakistan are clearly facing probably the most worst crises to have hit bilateral ties in recent years. As former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan mentioned, the ongoing hostility is symptomatic of the whole state of affairs between the two nations which is marked via LoC hostility and lack of any high-level engagement
While diplomatic resources in Delhi expressed hope Mahmood’s return will help turn down the heat in ties, the two nations continued to accuse every different of bullying diplomats. India issued but some other be aware verbale on Thursday announcing several Indian officers have been aggressively tailed via Pakistan government in Islamabad. Pakistan too issued a be aware verbale on Thursday for “harassment and intimidation” of its diplomats. Pakistan has for the first time accused India of harassing diplomats’ children and believes the character and scale of intimidation this time is vastly other from what has been observed previous.
Mahmood returned to India precisely every week after Pakistan introduced that it was calling him back for consultations over alleged harassment and intimidation of its diplomats here. Mahmood’s absence at the tournament on Friday would have been observed via India as a deliberate act of escalation via Pakistan. India has continued to handle that at no stage did it contemplate any transfer to recall its high commissioner Ajay Bisaria.
Pakistani media had on March 17 quoted anonymous resources in ministry of overseas affairs (MoFA) to mention that Mahmood was “not going to go back to India any time soon” or “until the whole state of affairs improves”. An Indian legit described it as just some other drive tactic used by Pakistan after it made up our minds to tug out of the WTO ministerial previous this week.
While Pakistan trade minister Pervaiz Malik referred to as off his participation at the remaining minute to protest the alleged harassment of Pakistan officers, the development was attended via a senior Pakistan diplomat primarily based here. As both nations factor one be aware verbale after some other, India and Pakistan are clearly facing probably the most worst crises to have hit bilateral ties in recent years. As former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan mentioned, the ongoing hostility is symptomatic of the whole state of affairs between the two nations which is marked via LoC hostility and lack of any high-level engagement
Pakistan's envoy back in India, but neighbours continue to spar
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