ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Pakistan Thursday rejected India’s allegations resulting in declaring a staffer of Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non grata, saying the act clearly reflected India shrinking diplomatic space for Pakistani officials. Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s spokesman Nafees Zakaria mentioned that Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi was called in by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Thursday morning and was conveyed the decision that the persona non grata should leave India by October 29. “The Indian action has been accompanied by an extremely negative and orchestrated media campaign,” the Spokesman told media persons at a function held here on Kashmir Black Day. A staff member of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was lifted by the Indian authorities Wednesday on false and unsubstantiated charges. “He was, however, released in about three hours on intervention by the High Commission. We condemn the detention and manhandling of our diplomatic official,” the Spokesman added.
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India shrinking diplomatic space for Pakistani High Commission’s staffers: FO Spokesman
