Oct 29, 2016: Indian High Commission official in Islamabad leaves for home. Indian High Commission official Surjeet Singh, who was declared persona non grata by Pakistan in a retaliatory motion two days in the past, left the nation together with his household on Saturday, a media report mentioned.
Indian High Commission official in Islamabad leaves for home.
Surjeet Singh was declared persona non grata on October 27 and advised to depart Pakistan in 48 hours by the Foreign Office, Geo News reported.
Singh’s expulsion orders got here inside hours of India asking that a Pakistani High Commission official depart India for allegedly operating a spy ring as Indian High Commission official in Islamabad leaves for home.
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry had summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale in Islamabad on Thursday and declared Surjeet Singh as persona non grata and requested that he depart the nation by Saturday.
The Pakistani Foreign Office in a press release stated: “The Foreign Secretary expressed deep concern over the actions of the Indian official that have been in violation of the Vienna Conference and the established diplomatic norms” when Indian High Commission official in Islamabad leaves for home.
The motion got here hours after Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar summoned Pakistan Excessive Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi that day to protest in opposition to Mehmood Akhtar, a visa officer on the Pakistan High Commission, who India accused of spying.
Basit was informed that Akhtar had been declared persona non grata and will depart India by October 29 as Indian High Commission official in Islamabad leaves for home.
Pakistan has denied the espionage expenses levelled towards Akhtar as “false and unsubstantiated”, and alleged that Indian police “manhandled” him.
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