Pak Official Ordered To Leave India Within 24 Hours, Declared Persona Non Grata News24 –
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that the government 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.
Govt declared Pak official persona non grata
“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,” the MEA said.
The said person is a staff at the Pakistan High Commission, not an officer.
MEA responded to a recent statement made by Pakistan FO
Earlier, The Ministry of External Affairs responded to a recent statement made by the Pakistan Foreign Office, emphasising that Pakistan’s history of nurturing terrorism on an industrial scale makes it accountable for the consequences.
‘Pak’s attempt to escape the consequences of its actions is futile’
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, during the weekly press conference, stated that Pakistan’s attempt to escape the consequences of its actions is futile, given its long history of supporting terrorism.
Terrorist infrastructure sites destroyed by India
He highlighted that the terrorist infrastructure sites destroyed by India were responsible for the deaths of not only Indians but also many other innocents around the world.
“We have seen the statement made by the Pakistani side. That a nation which has nurtured terrorism on an industrial scale should think that it can escape the consequences is fooling itself. The terrorist infrastructure sites that India destroyed were responsible not only for the deaths of Indians but also of many other innocents around the world. There is now a new normal. The sooner Pakistan gets used to it, the better,” he said.
‘Islamabad had no choice’
This comes after Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar in his first interview since India and Pakistan’s cessation of hostilities, said that Islamabad “had no choice” but to launch strikes in “self-defence” following India’s May 7 cross-border attacks.
FM referred to India’s strikes as a ‘war’
Dar referred to India’s strikes as a “war” and a “wishful attempt to establish its hegemony” and claimed that “We were very sure that our conventional capacity and capabilities are strong enough that we will beat them both in the air and on the ground.” Jaiswal emphasised that there is a new normal in dealing with terrorism, and Pakistan needs to acknowledge and adapt to this reality.