NEW DELHI: In yet another sign of growing hostility between the two nations over recent developments in held Kashmir, India has asked its diplomats and other officials to withdraw their kids from local schools in Islamabad.
Indian officials can either send their kids back to India or return themselves, Times of India quoting official sources reported on Monday.
"What it means is that no Indian official based in Pakistan can have his or her children living with them. Those who seek a posting in Pakistan will have to keep that in mind too," an official here told TOI. Spouses, however, can remain in Pakistan for now.
There are about 50 children of Indian officials currently studying in Islamabad's American School. Indian officials did not rule out the possibility of a "tit-for-tat" response by Islamabad in the form of recall of children of Pakistan diplomats from India.
"It is a normal practice for all countries to review staffing and related policies for their diplomatic missions, including in view of prevailing circumstances at those stations. With effect from this academic session, officials posted in the High Commission of India in Islamabad have been advised to make arrangements for education of their wards outside Pakistan, till further notice," said MEA spokesperson vikas Swarup.
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