ISLAMABAD, MAR 14 (DNA) – Pakistan on Tuesday levelled fresh allegations against Indian secret agencies for what it calls ‘harassing and bullying’ officers, staff and their families, including children of its diplomatic mission in New Delhi.

This prompted the Foreign Office to summon Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh to lodge a strong protest at the “maltreatment being meted out to the officials and families of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi”.

Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal, who is also the director-general, South Asia and Saarc at the ministry, emphasised that under the Vienna convention, safety and security of the Pakistani diplomats and their families “is the responsibility of the Indian government”.