NEW DELHI: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has cancelled his official two-day visit to the Indian city of Chandigarh due to security reasons.

The two day official trip was to commence on July 29.

“Chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana have refused to host the Pakistani high commissioner after yesterday’s incident in Gurdaspur,” said a source at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi.

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“My visit to Chandigarh has been cancelled as the Indian Ministry of External Affairs did not allow two of my colleagues to travel with me,” said Abdul Basit.

The Pakistani envoy was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the University of Punjab in Chandigarh and speak at a think tank, both events have now been cancelled as well.

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The development comes after a militant attack on an Indian police station in the state of Punjab which killed 10 people yesterday.

India and Pakistan have seen a sudden rise in tensions due recent bouts of cross-border firing and an infiltration attempt by what Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claimed was an Indian spy drone early this month.

Both nations had witnessed a recent thaw in their relations following the meeting at Ufa between the prime ministers of Pakistan and Indian last month.