India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in Delhi, Saad Ahmad Warraich, and handed over the formal Persona Non Grata note for its military diplomats, as per sources.
India’s action comes after 26 people were killed and several others sustained injuries in the dastardly attack by terrorists on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
In the backdrop of the horrifying Pahalgam terror attack that killed at least 26 people and left several others injured, India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in Delhi, Saad Ahmad Warraich, and handed over the formal Persona Non Grata note for its military diplomats, sources familiar with the matter said.
“Persona non grata” is a Latin term that means “an unwelcome person.” In diplomacy, it’s a formal way for one country to declare that a foreign diplomat is no longer acceptable or welcome in its territory. In view of the recent terror attack, India, as a host country, notified the Pakistan government through a formal notice that they have to recall its diplomats.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of banned Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the ghastly attack on tourists in Pahalgam.
“More than 85,000 domiciles have been issued to non-locals, creating a pathway for demographic change in Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). These non-locals arrive posing as tourists, obtain domiciles, and then act as if they own the land. Consequently, violence will be directed toward those attempting to settle illegally,” the TRF said.
Meanwhile, the Centre has called an all-party meeting in the Parliament today following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which killed at least 26 tourists and left several others injured. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to brief the leaders. Singh will chair the meeting.
The decision to call an all-party meeting was taken on Wednesday, with Singh and Shah reaching out to various parties. This comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the CSS — to take stock of the situation and deliberate on the government’s strategy amid rising terror attack tension.