FO deplores 'Public Notice' by India advising students not to seek higher education in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Office has strongly deplored the so-called "Public Notice" issued by the University Grants Commission of India and the All India Council for Technical Education, advising students not to seek higher education in Pakistan and warning them of being denied employment in case they choose to do so.

In a statement on Monday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said the tone of 'Public Notice' is not only threatening towards the students, it also reeks of tyrannical authoritarianism. It is regrettable that driven by its incurable obsession with Pakistan, India is unabashedly coercing the students in order to deter them from pursuing quality education of their choice.

The spokesperson said this has further exposed the...