NEW DELHI: Two officials are reported missing from the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad in Pakistan. No information has been received about these officials for the last few hours.
Indian officials say that they are awaiting more information on the same. There has been marked tensions between India and Pakistan off late. The two officials have been missing since the past two hours. India has got in touch with the officials in Pakistan for more information, the source cited above also said.
The two Indian staffers posted at the Islamabad mission had stepped out on some work on Monday morning. When both the officials did not reach their destination, high commission officials informed both the foreign offices in New Delhi and Pakistan.
The Indian High Commission is finding it hard to resume normal functioning owing to aggressive surveillance of its officials by Pakistan. India, it may be recalled had registered a protest in the form of a note verbale to Pakistan. The behaviour of the officials of Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, India had said.
It may be recalled that India’s Charge d’ Affaires, Gaurav Ahluwalia was chased in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad by a motor cycle borne person suspected to be from the ISI.
