Visa denial to pilgrims: Pak summons Indian diplomat
"The visits to religious shrines in Pakistan and India are governed under the Bilateral Protocol on Visits to the Religious Shrines, 1974," Pakistan's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday.
"The Foreign Office conveyed its deep disappointment and concern over the denial of visas by the Indian government," it said.
The Ministry said this was the fourth time that visas have been denied to Pakistani pilgrims in the last one year.
"This is not only against the bilateral agreement, but also runs contrary to the efforts towards normalizing ties between the two countries and the spirit of people-to-people contacts," read the statement.
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