ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today deplored India declaring its High Commission staffer in New Delhi as persona non-grata for espionage activities, terming charges against the diplomatic official as “false and unsubstantiated”.
Foreign Office in a statement said, “We condemn the detention and manhandling of our diplomatic official”.
The Indian action has been accompanied by an “extremely negative and orchestrated media campaign”, it said, adding the move “clearly reflects Indian actions to shrink diplomatic space for the working of Pakistan High Commission”.
“A staff member of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was lifted by the Indian authorities yesterday (26 October 2016) on false and unsubstantiated charges. He was, however, released in about three hours on intervention by our High Commission,” the statement said.
“We reject the Indian allegations and deplore the Indian action which is indeed a violation of the Vienna Convention as well as the norms of diplomatic conduct especially in an already vitiated atmosphere.
“Pakistan High Commission has always been working within the parameters of international law and diplomatic norms,” the statement claimed.
It also alleged that India’s attempts to escalate the tensions and divert the international attention from the “grave human rights violations” being perpetrated in Kashmir can never succeed.
It urged the international community to “take notice of the Indian designs”.-PTI
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