Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Thursday strongly protested the detention of the mission's staffer for procurement of documents relating to defence deployment. The staffer Mehmood Akhtar, who worked in the visa section of the Pakistan High Commission, was procuring critical details from two other accomplices who have been arrested in Delhi. "Basit strongly protested with Indian Foreign Secretary at the detention and manhandling of Pakistan High Commission staffer yesterday in violation of 1961 Vienna Convention," sources in Pakistan High Commission said. Sources said that the High Commissioner asked the Indian Government to ensure that such harassment does not happen in future. Strongly rejected and denying the accusations, Basit claimed that Pakistan High Commission never engaged in any activity that was incompatible with its diplomatic status.

Source: dna October 27, 2016 08:37 UTC