From 1976–1989, 1999–2004, and 2007–2008, the mission was known as the Embassy of India, Islamabad due to Pakistan's withdrawal or suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations during those time periods.

Indo-Pakistani diplomatic relations were suspended on two separate occasions, in 1971 due to the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, and from 2001–2003 due to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff[1][2] In 2019, in response to India's revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India.

The incumbent Charge d'affaires is Geetika Srivastava, who is also the first woman to head the Indian diplomatic mission to Pakistan.

Prakasa had to deal with the influx of refugees amidst the Partition of India as well as the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948.

[9] In 2001, in the aftermath of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, India recalled its diplomatic mission from Islamabad.