New Delhi, March 14 (TNS): Amid fresh incidents of alleged harassment of Pakistani diplomats in Delhi, Pakistan’s High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood called for “sober reflection” and a careful handling of the situation, Indian media reported on Wednesday.
“This is a moment for sober reflection on the state of the bilateral relationship. It is too important to be allowed to drift. There is a need to handle matters with wisdom and thoughtfulness,” High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood told The Hindu in response to a question about the latest incident in Delhi, which led to the Pakistan Foreign Ministry issuing a demarche to Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh on Wednesday morning.
The protest came after Pakistan’s High Commission released a video taken by one of their embassy officials that appeared to show their diplomatic car being tailed by men on motorcycles while a car in front blocked their way.
According to Pakistani diplomats, the incident occurred on Tuesday and was the 23rd such incident in the past two weeks.
“While heavy surveillance of diplomats has always been a cause for concern, the scale, intensity and frequency of the harassment of embassy vehicles, personnel and families in the last few weeks is very worrying,” said a diplomatic source.
Indian MEA did not respond to requests for a reaction to the latest allegations by Pakistan.
However, Indian officials who asked not to be named, maintained that the incidents mirror the situation in Islamabad, where matters came to a head last month.
Courtesy: The Hindu
