Two Indian journalists leave Islamabad after abrupt expulsion

It is also understood that Pakistan is aggrieved that India has not granted visa to son of a senior official with Pakistani national carrier PIA.

Philip and Menon, the only two Indian journalists posted in Pakistan, were in Islamabad for just about nine months.  

Reacting strongly to the decision, Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi had termed the expulsion of the scribes as “regrettable and unfortunate” and said not allowing independent journalists to function was a “retrograde step”.  

Philip's two predecessors, K J M Varma and Rezaul H Laskar spent more than six years each in Islamabad. Philip's wife came to India in January to attend a family wedding but was not granted visa to go back.