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Curbs on Pak diplomats' movement

       New Delhi: After the expulsion of an Indian diplomat by Islamabad and the subsequent retaliation by New Delhi, India has in its latest move barred Pakistani diplomats from moving beyond the municipal limits of Delhi. According to a Pakistan Embassy official, even the neighbouring towns of Noida and Gurgaon, which come under the National Capital Region (NCR), are also now out of bounds for Pakistan Embassy personnel. Earlier this month, Pakistan had ordered the expulsion of Deepak Kaul, who was posted as Political Counsellor in Islamabad, after charging him of possessing secret papers. New Delhi retaliated the move by expelling Kaul's counterpart in Pakistani Embassy in New Delhi, Syed Muhammad Rafique Ahmed. The tit-for-tat expulsions came less than a week after the two countries pledged to push the two and half year old peace process forward. The peace process between the two countries has been in limbo for nearly a month, especially after the last month's serial blasts in Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people. Intelligence agencies in India suspect the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistan's Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) of being behind the carnage. However, both Islamabad and LeT have denied of being linked to the blasts.

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