Indian high commission officials and their families have also been targets of harassment in Islamabad, especially in the past one year. The Pakistan high commission faces no such disruptions,” the second person said. “More troublingly, over the last few months, several high commission staff have been severely harassed and intimidated. Peace talks between India and Pakistan have been suspended since 2013 and efforts to revive them subsequently have come to nought. In September 2016, India said it had carried out surgical strikes against terrorist launch pads in Pakistan controlled Kashmir—something Pakistan denied.

Source: Mint March 11, 2018 17:25 UTC