Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi receives threat letter

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Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi receives threat letter
Dawn.com
Updated May 07, 2014 02:07pm
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has asked India to increase the security at its embassy in New Delhi following the receiving of a letter with threats to Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, and other staff members of the High commission, according to a Times of India report.

The report has quoted Indian government sources as confirming that the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi had received a letter containing serious threats to the staff members of the High Commission a few days earlier.

The staff members had raised the issue with Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday following which Pakistan raised the matter with Indian authorities and sought an investigation into the letter, so as to ascertain those responsible for sending the threat letter.

Pakistani sources said that it was the responsibility of the Indian government to ensure the protection the Pakistani High Commission and its staff.

 

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Pakistan high commission seeks more security from India after threats
By Web Desk
Published: May 7, 2014

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan high commission in India has received threats in the form of letters according to official sources. Concerned about an attack on its members, the commission brought up the issue on Tuesday with the ministry of external affairs (MEA), reported Times of India.

Pakistan has requested for an increase in security from Indian authorities and has said that it is New Delhi’s responsibility to guarantee security to diplomats and other staff.

They have also demanded that the threatening letters be investigated and that the culprits be identified.

“We provide maximum possible security to all missions and same is the case with Pakistan,” said an Indian government source.

He said the request put forth by the Pakistan high commission has been passed on to the security agencies which have been “sensitised about the threat mails.”

Times of India pointed out that this issue has arisen at a time when Pakistan has “become a part of the campaign rhetoric of both the BJP and Congress.”

Recently, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Khan had said that if Modi became prime minister it would “destabilise regional peace” — a statement that was slammed by both BJP and the Congress.

According to The Express Tribune, the interior minister had said that, “Such a statement by a likely prime minister of India is provocative, condemnable and touches the heights of animosity towards Pakistan.”

He had further stated that, “Pakistan’s efforts for the peace in the region should not be taken as its weakness. The leadership, people and particularly armed forces are capable of responding to threats from India.”

Nisar had made this statement after Modi said he would bring Dawood Ibrahim back to India.