The Government of India on Tuesday, May 13, declared a Pakistani diplomat stationed at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi as persona non grata, citing involvement in activities incompatible with his diplomatic status. He has been ordered to leave the country within 24 hours.
A formal demarche communicating the decision was delivered to the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission.
“The Government of India has declared a Pakistani official, working at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, persona non grata for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India. The official has been asked to leave India within 24 hours. Charge d’ Affaires, Pakistan High Commission, was issued a demarche to this effect today,” according to a press statement issued by the MEA.
This move comes amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, following a series of cross-border exchanges sparked by India’s launch of Operation Sindoor. The military operation targeted terror infrastructure inside Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people – most of them tourists, including a Nepalese national.
