ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has lodged a protest with India over the detention ofdiplomats in New Delhi, alleging that the detention was “unlawful”.
The official was made to sign some papers forcefully during his detentionat a police station in the national capital.
The report quoted Pakistan’s diplomatic sources as saying that thedetention of the High Commission official was a violation of the Viennaconvention, adding that Islamabad had the right “to retaliate” to suchincidents.
According to Pakistan, the official was freed from the police station onlyafter Islamabad lodged a protest over his detention.
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The official was detained following an altercation with a woman in a marketplace in New Delhi on Sunday. The woman took up the matter with police,after which the Pakistan High Commission official was detained by the cops.
