New Delhi, June 2: News coming across from the two neighbouring countries; India and Pakistan have never failed to raise eyebrows. With intensified relations, the two countries have been at loggerheads with each step taken against each other. In a recent, with ‘strong protest’ India slammed Pakistan security agencies after guests at an Iftar event organised on Saturday by its mission in Islamabad complained of harassment.

In a statement issued by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, stated, “Guests faced unprecedented harassment and intimidation at the hands of security agencies. A concerted campaign was launched by Pakistan’s security agencies in the days preceding the Iftar function to reach out to invitees to actively dissuade them from attending the event.”

The statement elaborated that the security agencies harassed the guests invited for the occasion from different parts of Pakistan. It further added that in some cases, the cars belonging to the guests were taken away by the security personnel. The High Commission of India said, “Stopping diplomats and officials of the High Commission of India in Pakistan from discharging their diplomatic functions by intimidation and coercion is entirely counter-productive for our bilateral relationship.”

Bringing this grave and depressing event into limelight, Bharati Chaturvedi, spouse of Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria on twitter said, “All those guests last evening fasting and expecting to break their roza with the Indian High Commission; many stood for almost an hour on the road in the searing heat, famished. So unfortunate. Somehow at home we never let a guest go hungry.”

This is the second time in less than a week that such an incident was reported. On May 27, the Pakistan High Commission had organised an Iftar in Delhi. Indian guests at the event had complained about harassment and videography by security personnel belonging to Indian agencies.

Both these incidents have cast a shadow over the cordial exchanges between the Indian and Pakistani leaders since the re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Following the Pulwama terror attack and Balakot strike, reports of harassment of guests at Indian and Pakistani missions have often been reported.