India's expulsion of Pakistani diplomats diversionary tactic for 'battering' in Ladakh: Qureshi.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has said that with the expulsion of its diplomats India is trying to distract the attention of its people after Indian forces got a 'battering' at the hands of Chinese troops in a clash in Ladakh.

Pakistan is concerned about the tension after the June 15 clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, in particular about the possibility Pakistan could get dragged in, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

"Things have deteriorated, things are very delicate," Qureshi told media in an interview at his ministry in Islamabad late on Thursday.

Qureshi denounced India's announcement on Tuesday that it would expel half the staff in Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi over spying, saying India was trying to divert attention at home.

"The accusations were baseless," he said.

"They have no answers for the battering they got in Ladakh, so to quell the domestic dissent they want to refocus," he said.

India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Qureshi said he was concerned that India could try to...

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