India on Sunday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the "gross intimidation on an unprecedented scale" of Pakistani guests who were invited to an Iftar event organised by the Indian High Commission a day earlier.In a statement, the high commission here emphasised to Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the "disappointing chain of events of June 1 at the Serena hotel not only violate basic norms of diplomatic conduct but are against all notions of civilised behaviour"."Stopping diplomats and officials of the High Commission of India in Pakistan from discharging their diplomatic functions by intimidation and coercion is entirely counter-productive of our bilateral relationship," it said.Earlier on Sunday, Indian High Commission Ajay Bisaria had told ANI, "We apologise to all our guests who were aggressively turned away from our Iftar party last evening."The statement said that "a concerted campaign" was launched by Pakistan's security agencies in the days preceding the ...
