A proposal was made before independence for the High Commission to be located at Red Fort, but this was summarily rejected by the Indian Government.

The High Commissioner's residence on 8-A Hardinge Avenue, now Tilak Marg, was originally the residence of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister, who named it 'Gul-i-Ra'ana' after his wife, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan.

[4] On 7 August 2013, members of the youth wing of the Indian National Congress (known as the Indian Youth Congress) attacked the Pakistani High Commission[5] in response to news reports of the deaths of five Indian Army soldiers,[6] who were killed the day before in a cross-border firefight with the Pakistan Army during the 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes at the Line of Control in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir.

[7] The protesters turned violent as they pushed back police barricades and engaged in scuffles with local law enforcement.

Similar protests were also organized in other major urban centres throughout India, including in the cities of Mumbai and Hyderabad.