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Pakistan on Wednesday of the staff at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad persona non grata for allegedly “engaging in activities incompatible with his privileged status”.

The official was directed to leave Pakistan within 24 hours, the Pakistani foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry did not identify the official.

In diplomatic parlance, an official declared persona non-grata is deemed unwelcome by the host country.

This came a day after India working at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi persona non grata for allegedly indulging in actions “not in keeping with his official status”.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that the official had been asked to leave the country within 24 hours.

The development came after India and Pakistan reached an “understanding” on Saturday to following a four-day conflict.

Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad had escalated on May 7 when the carried out strikes – codenamed – on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The strikes were in response to the in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which killed 26 persons on April 22.

The Pakistan Army to Indian strikes by repeatedly along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 22 Indian civilians and seven defence personnel were killed.

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