India Demolishes Unauthorised Structures Outside Pakistan High Commission in Delhi in Tit-for-Tat Move

Indian authorities used a JCB machine to remove unauthorised structures — including queue-management barriers, corrugated roofing, and white metal fencing near the visa section — that had been erected on a lane outside the approved boundary of the Pakistan High Commission compound in New Delhi on August 20, 2026. The action came 'exactly three days' after Pakistani authorities dismantled parking poles and security barricades outside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on or around August 17, and coincided with the diplomatic row triggered by US Ambassador Sergio Gor's August 19 remarks calling J&K 'an important part of India.' Diplomatic sources described the Delhi operation as an attempt to restore parity between the two missions' outer security arrangements without affecting the functioning of either mission.