Pakistan and India have initiated the reciprocal issuance of assignment visas for diplomatic staff, clearing pending postings for roughly a dozen officials in each mission. Diplomatic channels confirmed that the newly approved visas cover both incoming personnel and representatives whose previous tenures had officially concluded.
Bilateral ties between the two neighbours have remained persistently strained following the major military conflict of 2025, where Pakistan downed six Indian jets in response to unprovoked cross-border aggression.
Tensions escalated further as India unilaterally announced to put Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance in a vital transboundary water aggression, move Islamabad and World Bank, the arbitrator of the agreement, condemned as a direct violation of international legal obligations.
Indian authorities also withheld hydrological data of rivers critical for disaster management in the monsoon cycle, severely complicating flood forecasting and river flow regulation across Pakistani agricultural plains.
Despite persistent diplomatic friction and disputes over water management, the latest exchange of assignment visas would allow incoming diplomatic personnel to assume their official responsibilities in Islamabad and New Delhi.
