NEW DELHI – India has conveyed to Pakistan its concerns about the securityof its high commission in Islamabad and complained about the harassment oftwo of its diplomats by intelligence personnel last month, Hindustan Timeshas reported.
Concerns about the security of the high commission were conveyed in ademarche submitted to Pakistan’s Foreign Office recently, the people said.They declined to go into the details of the security threat but indicatedit was a serious matter.
In a separate note verbale sent to the Pakistani side on April 25, Indiaprotested about the harassment and detention of two of its diplomats atSacha Sauda Gurdwara near Lahore on April 17.
The diplomats, who were at the shrine to facilitate Indian pilgrims, werelocked up in a room for close to half an hour by about 15 Pakistaniintelligence personnel, the people said. The intelligence operatives alsoquestioned the diplomats and searched their belongings, they added.
Before letting the diplomats go, the intelligence personnel warned them notto come back to the area, the people said.
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The note verbale asked the Pakistani side to conduct an inquiry into thematter and to ensure such incidents did not occur again.
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