India's Vindictiveness.

It was a classic case of hit-and-run; two men driving early in the morning in Islamabad hit a pedestrian, then tried to flee. The police caught up with them and shifted them to the police station for interrogation. Ordinarily, they would be charged for reckless driving and causing injury. In this case however, this incident has become a diplomatic crisis and initiated another India-Pakistan spat. The two men seated in the car for the hit-and-run accident were Indians, employees of the Indian High Commission.

If these were nationals of any other country, this incident would cause some concerns but after effective communications between the countries, would smooth over. Unfortunately, we cannot expect India to respond maturely - it seems to be looking for opportunities to instigate fights with Pakistan. What was allegedly dishonourable conduct in Pakistani territory from two Indian High Commission employees, for which they were rightly interrogated by the police, has been twisted by the Indian narrative as a case of kidnapping, with the Ministry of External Affairs issuing a demarche to Pakistan's Charge d'affaires to India.

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