ISLAMABAD – Pakistan yesterday rejected leaking misleading information andtwisting facts by India as contrary to diplomatic norms and not helpful inthe conduct of diplomatic relations.
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the news in certainsections of Indian media, quoting sources in the Indian Ministry ofExternal Affairs, regarding assignment visa for senior Indian diplomatJayant Khobragade proposed as Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian HighCommission in Islamabad, was misleading.
He said following India’s illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan took a number ofsteps, including the downgrading of diplomatic relations with India.
The purpose of downgrading the relations was to register Pakistan’s strongprotest and condemnation of India’s illegal, inhuman and unacceptableactions in IIOJK.
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“Pakistan believes that by proposing a senior diplomat, who has alreadyserved as ambassador in another post, India is trying to circumvent theeffect of downgrading of diplomatic relations, which is obviously not inline with Pakistan’s decision,” he said.
