The government on Wednesday said surveillance of officers of Indian High Commission in Pakistan continues despite protests lodged by New Delhi for violation of provisions under the Vienna Convention and a bilateral accord between the two countries.
"These incidents have been taken up with the government of Pakistan at various levels and protests lodged. The government of Pakistan has stated that it concurs with the position that there should be no intimidation of diplomats of either country. However, the surveillance of our officers continues," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha.
Noting that officers and staff members of the Indian mission in Islamabad were subjected to 'constant surveillance' by Pakistani intelligence and security personnel, he said: "There has often been close, visible and occasionally even aggressive tailing of officers of the mission and their spouses."
"There have also been other forms of maltreatment and intimidating tactics," the minister said in a written reply.
Giving details of some of the recent incidents, Mukherjee said in October this year, there was an attempted break-in into the residence of an official, while in August an official was illegally detained and interrogated.
In March last year, an official was intercepted and assaulted and in February that year, the residence of an official was broken into, Mukherjee said.
"Such actions are in violation of obligations under the Vienna Convention of 1961 and the bilateral 'Code of Conduct for Treatment of Diplomatic-Consular Personnel in India and Pakistan' signed by the two countries in 1992," he added.