Harassment Of Diplomats

The sexual abuse case against Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna has put the spotlight on diplomatic passports as the leader managed to leave India despite the investigation being on.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hit out at Beijing on Monday over what he said were instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools in China, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters.

India has raised concerns with Pakistan over harassment of two of its diplomats by intelligence personnel last month and asked it to conduct an inquiry and prevent recurrence of such incidents, sources said in Delhi on Saturday.

India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over several incidents of alleged harassment of Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad between March 8 and 11, and demanded an immediate investigation into them, official sources said on Monday.

Power supply was disrupted at the residence of an Indian diplomat in Islamabad for nearly four hours on Christmas, following which the Indian High Commission took up the issue with Pakistan Foreign Ministry, official sources said.

Indian diplomats based in Islamabad are facing harassment on multiple counts, sources have told ANI. There is a deliberate attempt to delay gas connections making kitchens defunct, while Internet connections of many Indian officials have been blocked, sources added.

Shakti Kapoor said: "I don't know anything about this case. This was 10 years back, I was a kid back then"

India and Pakistan have agreed to treat diplomats from the other country according to a pact signed 25 years ago, a truce that is expected to pave the way to end complaints of harassment of diplomats from both sides. A Foreign Ministry statement said both countries had "mutually agreed" to resolve matters related to the treatment of diplomats in li...

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood today said that he has discussed the issue of alleged harassment of diplomats with his government and that they want to sort it out "as soon as possible".

With Indian diplomats in Pakistan continuing to face harassment and intimidation, New Delhi on Thursday sent yet another note verbale to Islamabad seeking an investigation into all these incidents.

A week after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between India and Pakistan over harassment of diplomats, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood will return from Islamabad tonight, Pakistani government sources said today.

With India and Pakistan ties hitting a new low over accusations of harassment of each other's diplomats, India has now denied visas to Pakistani pilgrims to travel to Ajmer Sharif.

India today gave yet another Note Verbale to Pakistan through its high commission in Islamabad protesting the "intimidation and harassment" of mission officials, the 13th such diplomatic note in less than three months.

In some ways, the recent diplomatic standoff between India and Pakistan sounds like an acrimonious neighborhood dispute. Indian diplomats in Islamabad are used to having doorbells rung in the middle of the night and being trailed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, said Vishnu Prakash, a retired diplomat who served as the politica...

The sexual abuse case against Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna has put the spotlight on diplomatic passports as the leader managed to leave India despite the investigation being on.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hit out at Beijing on Monday over what he said were instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools in China, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters.

India has raised concerns with Pakistan over harassment of two of its diplomats by intelligence personnel last month and asked it to conduct an inquiry and prevent recurrence of such incidents, sources said in Delhi on Saturday.

India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over several incidents of alleged harassment of Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad between March 8 and 11, and demanded an immediate investigation into them, official sources said on Monday.

Power supply was disrupted at the residence of an Indian diplomat in Islamabad for nearly four hours on Christmas, following which the Indian High Commission took up the issue with Pakistan Foreign Ministry, official sources said.

Indian diplomats based in Islamabad are facing harassment on multiple counts, sources have told ANI. There is a deliberate attempt to delay gas connections making kitchens defunct, while Internet connections of many Indian officials have been blocked, sources added.

Shakti Kapoor said: "I don't know anything about this case. This was 10 years back, I was a kid back then"

India and Pakistan have agreed to treat diplomats from the other country according to a pact signed 25 years ago, a truce that is expected to pave the way to end complaints of harassment of diplomats from both sides. A Foreign Ministry statement said both countries had "mutually agreed" to resolve matters related to the treatment of diplomats in li...

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood today said that he has discussed the issue of alleged harassment of diplomats with his government and that they want to sort it out "as soon as possible".

With Indian diplomats in Pakistan continuing to face harassment and intimidation, New Delhi on Thursday sent yet another note verbale to Islamabad seeking an investigation into all these incidents.

A week after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between India and Pakistan over harassment of diplomats, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood will return from Islamabad tonight, Pakistani government sources said today.

With India and Pakistan ties hitting a new low over accusations of harassment of each other's diplomats, India has now denied visas to Pakistani pilgrims to travel to Ajmer Sharif.

India today gave yet another Note Verbale to Pakistan through its high commission in Islamabad protesting the "intimidation and harassment" of mission officials, the 13th such diplomatic note in less than three months.

In some ways, the recent diplomatic standoff between India and Pakistan sounds like an acrimonious neighborhood dispute. Indian diplomats in Islamabad are used to having doorbells rung in the middle of the night and being trailed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, said Vishnu Prakash, a retired diplomat who served as the politica...