Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday condemned India's action of declaring High Commission Staff member as Persona Non Grata (PNG) and rejected the allegations against him while terming the entire reaction to it as 'deplorable' after he was asked to leave India by 29 October.
A release from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that '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. We condemn the detention and manhandling of our diplomatic official.'
Earlier, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday after a staffer from the embassy was caught red handed with sensitive information related to the defence ministry and Indian troop movement.
Two other Indians were also arrested after investigations revealed that they worked for the Pakistani Spy Agency ISI.
The statement from the Pakistan Foreign office further claimed that the Indian action has been accompanied by an extremely negative and orchestrated media campaign.
"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. This act clearly reflects Indian actions to shrink diplomatic space for the working of Pakistan High Commission," the statement added.
The statemnt also said that the Indian attempt to escalate the tensions and divert the international attention from the grave human rights violations being perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir can never succeed.
"Pakistan urges the international community to take notice of the Indian designs," it said.
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