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DATE=6/29/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251224
TITLE=PAK / INDIA (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN ISLAMABAD HAS ACCUSED PAKISTANI 
SECURITY AGENTS OF KIDNAPPING AND BEATING ONE OF ITS STAFF 
MEMBERS.  AS CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, THE ACCUSATION 
COMES ONE DAY AFTER A PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT WAS EXPELLED FROM INDIA 
ON CHARGES OF SPYING. 
TEXT:  IN WHAT INDIA CALLS AN APPARENT RETALIATION BY PAKISTANI 
AUTHORITIES, THE INDIAN EMBASSY SAYS STAFF MEMBER N.R. DORAISWAMY
WAS DETAINED AND BEATEN AS HE LEFT FOR WORK TUESDAY MORNING.
AVINASH MOHANANEY, SPOKESMAN FOR THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN 
ISLAMABAD, SAYS MR. DORAISWAMY WAS ABDUCTED BY PAKISTANI SECURITY
AGENTS IN FRONT OF HIS HOME.
                      /// MOHANANEY ACT ///
         AFTER THREE HOURS OF INTERROGATION AND BEATING UP, HE 
         WAS LEFT AT HIS RESIDENCE AGAIN.  TWO OTHER STAFF 
         MEMBERS WHO TRIED TO RESIST THE ABDUCTION WERE ATTACKED.
                         /// END ACT ///
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN OFFICE SAYS IT HAS REJECTED THE INDIAN 
EMBASSY'S COMPLAINT ABOUT THE INCIDENT -- AND HAS DENIED THAT ANY
SUCH EVENT OCCURRED.
ON MONDAY, PAKISTAN'S EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI COMPLAINED ONE OF ITS 
STAFF MEMBERS WAS ABDUCTED AND LATER EXPELLED ON CHARGES OF 
SPYING.  PAKISTAN HAS DENIED THE STAFFER WAS INVOLVED IN SPYING..
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAYS IT IS NORMAL PRACTICE 
FOR IT TO RETALIATE WHEN ONE OF ITS EMBASSY STAFFERS IS EXPELLED,
BUT NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO WHETHER AN INDIAN DIPLOMAT 
WILL BE EXPELLED FROM PAKISTAN SOON.
THE INCIDENT COMES AS THE RIVAL SOUTH ASIAN NEIGHBORS ARE LOCKED 
IN THEIR WORST STAND-OFF OVER KASHMIR IN 30 YEARS. 
INDIA HAS STEPPED UP ITS MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO DISLODGE ARMED 
INSURGENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS ON ITS SIDE OF THE LINE OF CONTROL 
IN KASHMIR.  INDIA HAS ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF GIVING MILITARY 
SUPPORT TO THE INSURGENTS, BUT PAKISTAN DENIES THE CHARGE.  IN 
RESPONSE TO THE INDIAN ACTIONS, PAKISTAN'S ARMY HAS BEEN PUT ON 
FULL ALERT AND HAS TAKEN UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG THE 
COUNTRY'S BORDER WITH INDIA. 
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO BRING A PEACEFUL END TO THE 
CONFLICT.  BOTH PAKISTAN AND INDIA HAVE ADMITTED TO  DISCREET, 
BEHIND-THE-SCENES MEETINGS BETWEEN OFFICIALS OF THE TWO 
COUNTRIES.  FEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, BUT PAKISTANI 
OFFICIALS SAY THE MESSAGE THEY SENT TO NEW DELHI IS THAT BOTH 
SIDES SHOULD SEARCH FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.
MEANWHILE, PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER, NAWAZ SHARIF, HAS CUT SHORT
WHAT WAS TO BE A FIVE DAY VISIT TO CHINA SO HE COULD DEAL WITH 
THE KASHMIR CRISIS.  (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/KL
29-Jun-99 11:31 AM EDT (1531 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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