Sandeep Dikshit
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 29
There may be prospects of a thaw in the India-Pakistan relations at the prime ministerial level, but ties on the ground continue to be hostile as the latest incident that occurred outside the Pakistan High Commission on Tuesday shows.
Pakistan is understood to have decided to protest the harassment of guests invited for Iftaar at the High Commission on Tuesday evening.
Videos have emerged of security personnel outside the Pakistan High Commission rummaging in vehicles. Plainclothes men are seen asking invitees for identity cards that were then photographed while men of presumably another security agency were seen writing down I-card numbers of the invitees.
The harassment may cast a shadow on the Iftaar scheduled by Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria later this week in Islamabad as security agencies of both countries reciprocate will full measure.
The close questioning of invitees and an aggressive search of some cars was a repeat of the intimidation on Pakistan Day celebrations at the same venue in March. At that time, security personnel were heard asking invitees to join the Indian government in boycotting the Pakistan Day celebrations.
In India’s case, the latest harassment took place last month when two of its diplomats were locked up in a room for over 20 minutes at Gurdwara Sacha Sauda near Lahore.
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2wsbZNt
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