{"id":72509,"date":"2025-04-30T13:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72509"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:03:52","slug":"indian-high-commission-staff-leaves-pakistan-via-wagah-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/indian-high-commission-staff-leaves-pakistan-via-wagah-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian High Commission staff leaves Pakistan via Wagah border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Following the decision by the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/foreign-secretary-briefs-diplomats-on-decisions-made-in-nsc\/\"> National Security Committee(NSC),<\/a> 22 diplomats and family members left for India via Wagah Border on Wednesday, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>The departure of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/canada-expels-indian-diplomats-in-sikh-leader-killing-probe\/\">diplomats<\/a> and their family members took place in two phases. Indian diplomat Rahul Kumar Rakesh oversaw the departure of the delegation.<\/p>\n<p>In the first Phase, 11 staff members left the country on Tuesday, while the other remaining staff left for India on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian High Commission is operating on a small scale amid the decisions taken by the government following the Pahalgam attack.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, l<span class=\"diff-highlight\">ate<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> the night of 29th and 30th <span class=\"diff-highlight\">April<\/span>, four Rafale fighter <span class=\"diff-highlight\">aircraft<\/span> of the Indian Air Force <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">conducting<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">freedom<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">navigation<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">flight<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">near<\/span> Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), while remaining within Indian <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sovereign<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">territory<\/span>, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to the security officials, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) <span class=\"diff-highlight\">quickly<\/span> detected the presence of the Indian <span class=\"diff-highlight\">aircraft<\/span>\u00a0and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reacted<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">promptly<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">accurately<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Air Force<span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">s<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">swift<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">action<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">reportedly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">confused<\/span> the Indian pilots <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">forced<\/span> the Rafale <span class=\"diff-highlight\">aircraft<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">turn<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">back<\/span> without escalating the situation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">It<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">was<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">noted<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">by<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">security<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">officials<\/span> that the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Armed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Forces<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">all<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">its<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">institutions<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">always<\/span> vigilant <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">entirely<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">capable<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">forceful<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">response<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">actions<\/span> to any form of Indian aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Following the decision by the National Security Committee(NSC), 22 diplomats and family members left for India via Wagah Border on Wednesday, according to media reports. The departure of the diplomats and their family members took place in two phases. Indian diplomat Rahul Kumar Rakesh oversaw the departure of the delegation. In the first Phase, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28297,138],"class_list":["post-72509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-indian-high-commission","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72510,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72509\/revisions\/72510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}