Tit-for-tat: Expulsions of Pakistani diplomatic staff over the years

Expelling officials have been part of a diplomatic tit-for-tat that has been repeated with regularity over the past 30 years

Following the terrorist attacks in Pahalgam on Tuesday, India has further downgraded already tenuous diplomatic ties with Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday said India was declaring defence advisers in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non-grata and reducing the numbers of its own High Commission in Islamabad to 30 from the present 55. However, the latest move by South Block finds far too many precedents in swift deportations after terror attacks. Expelling officials have also been part of a diplomatic tit-for-tat that has been repeated with regularity over the past 30 years. A look at