Srinagar (KNO) : Pakistan High Commissioner Mr Sohail Mahmood who is in New Delhi was harassed with his family as video going viral on social media in that video Sohail Mahmood was in his own car along with his family somewhere in New Delhi as Sohail Mahmood said in that video as I left from the Embassy I was harassed from there some bikes and a cars was stopped my way as I have to fill petrol for my car and have to buy daily life things from market but they blocked me on Nehru road as bikes and cars are around my car hich you can see in this video Sohail Mahmood also dictated both registration numbers of cars which are stopped infront and from back side of my car.
I Cant move my car as they blocked my way from all sides with bikes and a cars in that video some unknown person came for help to Sohail Mahmood he told him that are you facing any problem here Soahil replied him yes they are harassing me as well as my family he also said him that I am from Pakistan Embassy that unknown person said him to call Police for help Sohail again replied him foe help which is clearly seen and can listen loudly in that video.
As well that kind of harassments was also came into the notice of Pakistan Government on last week while Pakistan has called back its High Commissioner in New Delhi, Sohail Mahmood, for consultation to Islamabad over incidents of "harassing" of its Embassy's staff in the Indian capital, the Foreign Office stated on Thursday Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson said during his weekly press briefing they will hold consultations with the High Commissioner over "recent incidents of harassing of their diplomats".
Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal also claimed that the Indian government had not taken measures to safeguard Pakistani diplomats and their families in India, adding that the Pakistani government lodged protests over the matter with the Indian deputy High Commissioner as well as India's External Affairs Ministry.
The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said its "staff and their families had been facing harassment, intimidation and outright violence from Indian state agencies in recent weeks in New Delhi".It claimed that its Deputy High Commissioner's car was chased and his driver was abused by a group of men in the Indian capital last week.
Responding to complaints by Islamabad, New Delhi assured last week that "India makes all efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for diplomats to work in". It added the Indian officials had also faced "harassment" last year in Pakistan but they chose to deal with it through "quiet and persistent diplomacy".(KNO)