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- The Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies cancelled the Pakistan Security Dialogue 2026 after Pakistani authorities revoked visas for foreign delegates.
- The event venue in Islamabad subsequently cancelled all associated bookings.
- Organizers stated that Indian activists were invited to the event to promote regional peace.
- The cancellation followed reports that officials requested the removal of Indian participants from the agenda.
- The event's host maintained that no Indian participants were present when the dialogue was called off.
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Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies
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“The theme of the dialogue was peace, and the event was scheduled around the International Day of Peace. PIPS followed the prescribed procedures for their participation and formally communicated with the Secretary Interior, Secretary Foreign Affairs and other relevant authorities”
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…with efforts to promote peace and dialogue between India and Pakistan and had engaged in virtual and in-person interactions with Pakistani former diplomats, military officials and academics in the past, it said. “ The theme of the dialogue was peace, and the event was scheduled around the International Day of Peace. PIPS followed the prescribed procedures for their participation and formally communicated with the Secretary Interior, Secretary Foreign Affairs and other relevant authorities ,” the statement said. As the process didn’t move forward, PIPS subsequently invited one of the Indian participants to join the dialogue virtually. “His name was subsequently removed from the programme after PIPS…
“His name was subsequently removed from the programme after PIPS received a communication from an individual identifying himself as an official of the Ministry of Defence, requesting that Indian names be removed from the agenda”
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…Interior, Secretary Foreign Affairs and other relevant authorities,” the statement said. As the process didn’t move forward, PIPS subsequently invited one of the Indian participants to join the dialogue virtually. “ His name was subsequently removed from the programme after PIPS received a communication from an individual identifying himself as an official of the Ministry of Defence, requesting that Indian names be removed from the agenda ,” the statement said. Since no Indian participant attended or participated in the dialogue, either in-person or online, the presence of Indian delegates “cannot be cited as a reason for the cancellation of the event”,…
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