India Asks Pak Mission To Cut Its Staff By Half

The ministry of External Affairs summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’ Affaires Syed Haidar Shah on Tuesday and asked him to reduce staff at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi as India is concerned over their conduct. MEA officials informed Shah that India had repeatedly expressed concern about the activities of officials of his High Commission.

- Geeta Mohan

India has asked Pakistan to reduce staff at its High Commission in New Delhi by 50 per cent within seven days. It said it will also be reducing its workforce at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

According to MEA representatives, the staff at the Pakistan High Commission has been “engaged in acts of espionage and maintained dealings with terrorist organisations”.

Pakistan, in a reciprocal move, also decided to cut the staff at the Indian High Commission’s staff by half.