The MEA called it an "inexplicable diplomatic discourtesy" by Pakistan
India on Friday assured all help to the Indian couple arrested in Norway for allegedly trying to discipline their 7-year-old son for wetting his pants.
The agreement follows claims and counter-claims by the two countries about harassment of each other's diplomats.
According to a FOIA request in 2015, more than 900 Indians were in various federal prisons on charges of illegally staying in the country.
The attack was claimed by the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) which said it would not tolerate 'any Chinese military expansionist endeavours on Baloch soil'.
Pakistan's 'approach is one of getting even, an eye for an eye, or death by a thousand cuts.' 'The entire effort is to be the equal of India. Unfortunately, the reality is that this can never be the case.' 'India will always be the bigger, economically stronger, technologically more self-reliant country.' 'Therein, lies the dilemma Pakistan faces which leads it to perennial enmity with India,' notes Ambassador Gautam Bambawale in the Air Marshal Y V Malse Memorial Lecture 2019.
Australia on Friday said that consular assistance is still available to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was granted asylum by Ecuador and is currently holed up in the South American country's embassy in London.
A bail plea was also moved on his behalf. The court did not give any specific date for hearing the bail plea.
The government's response came after the Pakistan foreign ministry put out a video of Jadhav in which the 47-year-old Indian is purportedly asking India why it was "lying" that he was not working for an intelligence agency.
Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife and mother will arrive in Islamabad on Monday to meet the Indian prisoner on death row, the Pakistan foreign office has said. They will arrive in Islamabad by a commercial flight and leave the same day after the meeting, it added.
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal confirmed in a tweet that Jadhav's family had applied for visas.
The Foreign Office sources said that adequate security measures will be taken for complete safety of Jadhav's family.
FO said that the Indian government failed to take notice of the increasing incidents of intimidation of Pakistani diplomats, their families and staffers by its intelligence agencies.
Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism.
'I am an old man; I am not a dangerous man, so what is the reason for my deportation?'
Pakistan has repeatedly denied India consular access to Jadhav on the ground that it was not applicable in cases related to spies.
Jadhav in June had sought clemency from the Pakistan Army chief.
Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif claimed that he received received a proposal to swap Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan.
Pakistan received a proposal to swap Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed.
India questioned the functioning of Pakistan's notorious military courts.
The plea involves 'egregious violation of Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 by Pakistan.'
The retaliatory move from the Trump administration comes weeks after Russia forced a cut in US diplomatic staff in Moscow by hundreds.
Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted, 'Prime Minister Imran Khan will break ground at Kartarpura facilities on 28 November.'
The external affairs ministry said Pakistan has also been asked not to subject the two women to any questioning, harassment or interrogation during their stay in Pakistan.
Passports were issued to the couple -- Mohammad Anas Siddiqui and Tanvi Seth, after he met them in his office.
Vijay Keshav Gokhale's tenure as foreign secretary promises to guide India's external affairs along paths never taken before, says K P Nayar.
The advisory asked to pay close attention to the security situation and take necessary precautions.
"Indian yatra to Kailash and Manasrovar is an important part of China-India people-to-people and cultural exchanges... The two sides agreed that a total of 350 yatris in seven batches would take part in yatras to Xizang through Nathula Pass this year," the spokesperson of Chinese embassy in India said.
Pak released a "second confessional video", in which purportedly Jadhav can be seen "accepting his acts of terrorism and espionage".
The ISPR has claimed that Jadhav has admitted to his involvement in espionage, terrorist and subversive activities in Pakistan
Pakistan through its consulate in Netherlands came to know that the ICJ ordered India to submit a response by September 13.
Swaraj also said that Pak cannot take Kashmir to the ICJ.
The petitioner argued that the people of Pakistan had a right of retribution.
The request was made in view of the upcoming elections for ICJ judges, scheduled to be held in November,
According to the report, Khawar Qureshi will continue to represent Pakistan in the court.
Patel was denied entry into the country as he did not possess the necessary immigration documents.
Here are five important points the International Court of Justice made while delivering its verdict and staying execution of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav.
On Thursday, in a big win for India, the International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav. The ICJ instructed Pakistan to take all "necessary measures at its disposal" to ensure that Jadhav was not executed pending a final decision by it. Following the order, reactions poured in from all over celebrating the big win.
According to government sources, the international court will give its verdict around 3.30 pm on Thursday.
The revelation came in response to a tweet by one Sanjeev Goyal, who said India could have got any good lawyer with much less fee than what Salve must have charged for fighting the case.
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