*ISLAMABAD: Indian police has arrested one of the Pakistani diploma onSunday.*
On protest of the Pakistani authorities, Indian police on Sunday releasedthe Pakistani diplomat after detention for no reason.
Sources said one of the officials of Pakistani high commission wasarrested. The official was released only after Pakistan raised the issuewith the Indian government, they added.
The sources said the Pakistani officer was forcibly made to sign a note aswell.
Pakistan has lodged a protest against India’s violation of the ViennaConvention on Diplomatic Relations by mistreatment of the diplomats.
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 defines a frameworkfor diplomatic relations between countries. It specifies the privileges ofa diplomatic mission that enable diplomats to perform their functionwithout fear of coercion or harassment by the host country.
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ARY News correspondent Asim Ali Rana said the Pakistani side has stronglyprotested to forcibly making the envoy sign the document. He said theForeign Office would summon the Indian high commissioner to its office toseek clarification in this regard.
Last year, the Foreign Office had summoned Indian Deputy High CommissionerJ.P. Singh over harassment of Pakistani diplomats and their families inIndia.
South Asia & SAARC Director General Mohammad Faisal summoned the Indiandiplomat and lodged a strong protest against “maltreatment being meted outto the officials and families of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.”
He told the envoy that the safety and security of Pakistani officials andtheir families was the responsibility of the Indian government under theVienna Convention.
