India has removed a queue liner outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi after Pakistani authorities removed parking poles outside the Indian mission in Islamabad. …reports Asian Lite News Desk
India has removed the queue liner installed outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, in a reciprocal move following the removal of parking poles outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, government sources said.
The queue liner, installed outside the Pakistan mission located in a lane in the national capital, was removed days after Pakistani authorities took similar action outside India’s diplomatic mission in Islamabad.
The development comes amid strained relations between India and Pakistan following the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed.
India has maintained that Pakistan must take credible and verifiable action against those responsible for supporting cross-border terrorism. The Pahalgam attack was followed by India’s military response, Operation Sindoor, which targeted alleged terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Military exchanges continued until May 10, when the two sides agreed to a ceasefire.
The latest diplomatic friction also comes against the backdrop of renewed attention on Jammu and Kashmir following a visit by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor to the region.
During his visit to Srinagar on Wednesday, Gor described Jammu and Kashmir as an “important part of India” and said the United States was considering whether to downgrade its travel advisory for the region.
“This is an important part of India, and so I am here visiting for the first time. It is an incredibly beautiful place, and I’m thrilled to be here, thrilled to see this place,” Gor said while speaking to local media.
Gor, who also serves as the US special envoy for South and Central Asia, said Washington regularly reviews its travel advisories and would assess whether the existing warning for Jammu and Kashmir should be changed.
“I cannot make any big announcements here today, but it is something we are going to look at,” he said, referring to the travel advisory.
The US envoy also praised steps taken by the central government and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to improve security in the region.
“We will be looking at if the travel warning that is recommended by the US is something that should be downgraded because, as I said earlier, this is a beautiful area. I think a lot of Americans would enjoy coming here and seeing the beauty,” Gor said.
His remarks prompted a diplomatic response from Islamabad. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker and lodged a strong demarche over Gor’s comments.
Islamabad described the ambassador’s remarks as “factually incorrect” and rejected the characterisation of Jammu and Kashmir as an “important part of India”.
Pakistan maintains that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and has called for its final status to be determined in accordance with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The reciprocal removal of fixtures outside the two diplomatic missions adds another point of friction to already strained India-Pakistan relations, with both sides continuing to maintain sharply differing positions on Jammu and Kashmir and cross-border terrorism.
The latest developments follow months of heightened diplomatic and security tensions between the neighbouring countries after the Pahalgam attack and the subsequent military escalation.
