The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi is the

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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. 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

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, an intergovernmental organization primarily comprising former territories of the

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(see

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Location

The Pakistani High Commission is located at No. 2/50-G,

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History

The building was originally the residence of

Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theoris ...

, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, who named it 'Gul-i-Ra'ana' after his wife,

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. Following independence, Liaquat gifted the palatial residence to the Pakistani State, whereupon it became Pakistan's High Commission in India. The building has distinctive Islamic architectural features, such as

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and a

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. , there were 98 personnel working at the mission.

August 2013 attack by Indian Youth Congress mobs

On 7 August 2013, members of the youth wing of the

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(known as the

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) attacked the Pakistani High Commission in response to news reports of the deaths of five

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soldiers, who were killed the day before in a cross-border firefight with the

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during the 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes at the

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in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. The protesters turned violent as they pushed back police barricades and engaged in scuffles with local law enforcement. The

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resorted to using

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to disperse the crowd. Around 175 people were detained, but later released. Similar protests were also organized in other major urban centres throughout

, including in the cities of

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and

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History

August 2013 attack by Indian Youth Congress mobs

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