Prasad further said that Pakistan ‘without any prior notice or information has stopped sending postal department’s letter to India’.
Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (File Photo: IANS)
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that Pakistan had stopped postal service from India for the last two months and slammed the move saying that it was in contravention of international norms.
“For the last two months, Pakistan has stopped postal service from India. It’s directly in contravention of the World Postal Union’s norms,” Prasad told reporters.
“But Pakistan is Pakistan,” Prasad, who is the Minister for Communications and IT, added.
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He said that Pakistan “without any prior notice or information has stopped sending postal department’s letter to India”.
Pakistan has upped the ante against India ever since Parliament withdrew special category status to Jammu and Kashmir by revoking Article 370 of its Constitution.
After India revoked Article 370 of its Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, Pakistan decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with India over the Kashmir move. It expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and suspended trade with India.
In a series of retaliatory measures, Islamabad suspended the Samjhauta Express and Thar Express services operating between Pakistan and India.
It also stopped the Lahore-Delhi ‘Dosti’ bus service.
India had slammed Pakistan for the unilateral decisions taken in respect to the bilateral relations and urged the neighbouring nation to “review the steps taken so that normal channels for diplomatic communications are preserved”.
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