Overview

• India expelled a second Pakistani High Commission official within eight days, citing activities inconsistent with diplomatic status and ordering their departure within 24 hours.
• The Ministry of External Affairs issued a demarche to Pakistan's Charge d’Affaires, urging strict adherence to diplomatic protocols by Pakistani officials in India.
• Pakistan responded by expelling an Indian High Commission staffer, also accusing them of actions incompatible with diplomatic privileges.
• These expulsions follow heightened tensions after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam and India's May 7 Operation Sindoor targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
• Ongoing espionage investigations in Punjab and Haryana have reportedly linked arrested individuals, including a YouTuber, to Pakistani intelligence operatives.