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	The '''High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi''' is the [[diplomatic mission]] of [[Pakistan]] in [[India]]. Between 1972 and 1989, the mission was known as the ''Embassy of Pakistan in New Delhi'', as Pakistan was then temporarily a republic outside the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], an intergovernmental organization primarily comprising former territories of the [[British Empire]] (see [[British Raj\|British India]]).		The '''High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi''' is the [[diplomatic mission]] of [[Pakistan]] in [[India]]. Between 1972 and 1989, the mission was known as the ''Embassy of Pakistan in New Delhi'', as Pakistan was then temporarily a republic outside the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], an intergovernmental organization primarily comprising former territories of the [[British Empire]] (see [[British Raj\|British India]]).

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{{Short description|Diplomatic mission of Pakistan in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = High Commission of Pakistan, New Delhi
| image = File:Pakistani High Commission Delhi 1076.JPG
| location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| address = No. 2/50-G, [[Shantipath]], [[Chanakyapuri]]
| high_commissioner =
| coordinates ={{coord|28.5941325|N|77.1902656|E|display=inline,title}}
| jurisdiction =
| website = [https://pakhcnewdelhi.org.pk/ pakhcnewdelhi.org.pk]
|map_type=India|map dot label=High Commission of Pakistan|map_caption=Location within India|chargé_d'affaires=Aftab Hasan Khan<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saleh Zaafir|first=Muhammad|date=27 June 2020|title=Aftab Hasan to be acting HC in India|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/678583-aftab-hasan-to-be-acting-hc-in-india|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Team – High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi|url=https://pakhcnewdelhi.org.pk/our-team/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=pakhcnewdelhi.org.pk|language=en-US}}</ref>|caption=The Pakistani High Commission in 2011}}

The '''High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi''' is the [[diplomatic mission]] of [[Pakistan]] in [[India]]. Between 1972 and 1989, the mission was known as the ''Embassy of Pakistan in New Delhi'', as Pakistan was then temporarily a republic outside the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], an intergovernmental organization primarily comprising former territories of the [[British Empire]] (see [[British Raj|British India]]).

==Location==

The Pakistani [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commission]] is located at No. 2/50-G, [[Shantipath]], [[Chanakyapuri]], [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]].

==History==

The building has distinctive [[Islamic architecture|Islamic architectural features]], such as [[Minaret|minarets]] and a [[Dome#South Asian domes|blue dome]].<ref name="Alter2001">{{cite book|author=Stephen Alter|title=Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snp1LwlbiPsC&q=pakistan+jumma+fought&pg=PA3|year=2001|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-1743-8|pages=3–}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, there were 98 personnel working at the mission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1253640/counting-cost-size-delhi-kabul-missions-fails-lift-ties/|title=Size of Delhi, Kabul missions fails to lift ties|work=The Express Tribune|date=5 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016|first=Qadeer|last=Tanoli}}</ref>

=== August 2013 attack by Indian Youth Congress mobs ===
On 7 August 2013, members of the youth wing of the [[Indian National Congress]] (known as the [[Indian Youth Congress]]) attacked the Pakistani High Commission<ref name="Pakistan Observer">{{cite news|last=Front Desk|title=Pak HC in New Delhi attacked by Congress youth wing|url=http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=214949|access-date=9 August 2013|newspaper=Pakistan Observer|date=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019144449/http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=214949|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> in response to [[Media of India|news reports]] of the deaths of five [[Indian Army]] soldiers,<ref name="News Tribe">{{cite news|last=Jitender Singh|date=8 August 2013|title=Indians attack Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi|newspaper=News Tribe|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/08/07/indians-attack-pakistan-embassy-in-new-delhi/|access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> who were killed the day before in a cross-border firefight with the [[Pakistan Army]] during the [[2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes#In August|2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes]] at the [[Line of Control]] in the disputed region of [[Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="Khan">{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Azam|last2=Phadnis|first2=Aditi|date=7 August 2013|title=Flaring tempers: Pakistan protests mob attack on its mission in India|newspaper=Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/588171/flaring-tempers-pakistan-protests-mob-attack-on-its-mission-in-india/|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

The protesters turned violent as they pushed back police barricades and engaged in scuffles with local law enforcement. The [[Delhi Police]] resorted to using [[Water cannon|water cannons]] to disperse the crowd.<ref name="GEO NEws">{{cite news|last=Staff|title=Congress Youth Wing attacks Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi|url=http://www.geo.tv/article-112779-Congress-Youth-Wing-attack-Pakistani-High-Commission-in-New-Delhi|access-date=9 August 2013|newspaper=GEO NEws|date=8 August 2013}}</ref> Around 175 people were detained, but later released. Similar protests were also organized in other major urban centres throughout [[India]], including in the cities of [[Mumbai]] and [[Hyderabad]].

==See also==

{{Portal|Pakistan|India}}

* [[India–Pakistan relations]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in India]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

*{{Official website|http://pakhcnewdelhi.org.pk/}}

{{Diplomatic missions of Pakistan}}
{{Diplomatic missions in India}}
{{Indo-Pakistani relations|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Diplomatic missions in New Delhi|Pakistan]]
[[Category:Diplomatic missions of Pakistan|New Delhi]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations]]
[[Category:India and the Commonwealth of Nations]]
[[Category:Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations]]