ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday expelled a staff member of the Indian high commission in Islamabad, declaring the official persona non grata and directing him to leave the country within 24 hours.

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The Indian Charge d'Affaires was summoned to Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey the decision.

The move came hours after India expelled a Pakistani diplomat, its second such expulsion in just over a week.