Karachi Chamber of Commerce cancels Indian envoy's event after remarks on Kashmir

Karachi Chamber of Commerce today cancelled an event of Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale at the last minute, apparently over his remarks on Pakistan’s interference in Kashmir.

Bambawale, who is on his first visit to Karachi after assuming charge in January this year, was told about the cancellation ‘just half an hour before the event, invite for which was received and accepted by him a couple of weeks ago’, sources siad.

The organisers did not give a reason immediately for the cancellation. However, the Indian officials feel that Bambawale’s comments yesterday on Pakistan’s interference in Kashmir which was India’s internal matter ‘rattled the Pakistani authorities, prompting a cancellation’.

“This is very disrespectful on the part of the organisers,” officials asserted.