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MEA summons Pakistan diplomat after two Indian embassy officials go missing

The Indian High Commission in Pakistan, earlier in the day, confirmed that two of its officials are missing and the matter has been taken up with Islamabad

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar | Photo: PTI

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India on Monday summoned the Pakistan charge d'affaires and lodged a strong protest to him over the reported arrest of two officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
Pakistani media reported that two Indian staffers, who went missing on Monday morning, were arrested by Pakistani authorities for their alleged involvement in a "hit and run accident".
Official sources said the Pakistan charge d'affaires (CDA) was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs and a demarche was issued to him over the reported arrest of the two officials.
In the demarche, it was made clear to the Pakistani CDA that there should be

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