FO deplores India’s advising students not to seek higher education in Pakistan

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25th Apr, 2022. 02:29 pm
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ISLAMABAD: The 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 the “Public Notice” was not only threatening towards the students, it also reeked of tyrannical authoritarianism.

“It is regrettable that driven by its incurable obsession with Pakistan, India is unabashedly coercing the students to deter them from pursuing quality education of their choice,” Asim Iftikhar said.

The spokesperson said it had further exposed the BJP-RSS combine’s deep-seated ideological animus and chronic hostility towards Pakistan. It was deplorable that as part of its mission “Hindu Rashtra,” the Indian government had resorted to such moves to stoke hyper-nationalism in the country, he maintained.

He said, “We have sought clarification from the Indian government with reference to the Public Notice.”

The spokesperson said Pakistan reserves the right to take appropriate measures in response to the openly discriminatory and inexplicable action by India.